Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 96

Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice

Devanagari script

समाराध्य तपोयोगादीशानं त्रिदशाधिपम् / भविष्यन्ति यथा पूर्वं शङ्करस्य प्रसादतः

Transliteration

samārādhya tapoyogādīśānaṃ tridaśādhipam / bhaviṣyanti yathā pūrvaṃ śaṅkarasya prasādataḥ

Translation

他们以苦行与瑜伽恭敬供奉伊舍那——即湿婆，苦行与瑜伽之主、诸天之王——便将因商羯罗的恩典，复归往昔之本相。

Word by Word

• samārādhya: having propitiated/worshipped
• samārādhya: Kriyā (क्रिया; पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययकृदन्त)

• tapo-yogāt: through austerity and yoga
• tapo-yogāt: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन); dvandva: tapas ca yogaś ca (austerity and yoga)

• īśānam: Īśāna (Śiva)
• īśānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• tridaśa-adhipam: lord of the thirty gods
• tridaśa-adhipam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीyaa/2), Singular (एकवचन); compound: tridaśānām adhipaḥ (lord of the gods)

• bhaviṣyanti: they will become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• yathā: as / just as
• yathā: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/Adverb (समुच्चय/उपमान-निपात)

• pūrvam: formerly / before
• pūrvam: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग; पूर्वकालवाचक)

• śaṅkarasya: of Śaṅkara
• śaṅkarasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• prasādataḥ: from (his) grace
• prasādataḥ: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice, traditionally Sūta) reporting the promised result of Śiva-devotion

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Īśāna (Śiva)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Tridaśa (the devas)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

It emphasizes that transformation comes through Īśāna’s prasāda (grace) accessed by tapas and yoga, implying the highest reality is realized not merely by effort but by alignment with the Lord who presides over yogic discipline.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse points to tapas (austerity, disciplined restraint) and yoga (inner concentration and integration) as the means of samārādhana—effective propitiation of Īśāna—consistent with Purāṇic Pāśupata-oriented devotion coupled with practice.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Within the Kūrma Purāṇa’s synthesis, the salvific power of worship and yoga is affirmed through Śiva (Īśāna/Śaṅkara); this harmonizes with the broader Purāṇic stance where sectarian paths converge in a single dharmic goal—restoration and liberation through divine grace.