Shloka 28

Rudrakoṭi, Madhuvana, Puṣpanagarī, and Kālañjara — Śveta’s Bhakti and the Subjugation of Kāla

Devanagari script

निरीक्ष्य देवमीश्वरं प्रहृष्टमानसो हरम् / ननाम साम्बमव्ययं स राजपुङ्गवस्तदा

Transliteration

nirīkṣya devamīśvaraṃ prahṛṣṭamānaso haram / nanāma sāmbamavyayaṃ sa rājapuṅgavastadā

Translation

见到哈罗（Hara）——神圣的自在天（Īśvara）——那位王中翘楚心生欢喜。于是当下，他向萨姆巴（Sāmbā）——不坏不灭者——俯首礼拜。

Word by Word

• निरीक्ष्य: having looked at
• निरीक्ष्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), धातु: नि-ईक्ष्

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord
• ईश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; देवम् इत्यस्य विशेषण/समनाधिकरण

• प्रहृष्टमानसः: whose mind was delighted
• प्रहृष्टमानसः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘प्रहृष्टं मानसं यस्य सः’

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; शिवनाम

• ननाम: bowed
• ननाम: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: नम् (to bow)

• साम्बम्: Sāmba (Śiva with Umā)
• साम्बम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + अम्ब (प्रातिपदिक) / साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘अम्बया (उमया) सह’ → ‘साम्ब’ (Śiva with Umā)

• अव्ययम्: imperishable
• अव्ययम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• राजपुङ्गवः: the foremost of kings
• राजपुङ्गवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + पुङ्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘राज्ञां पुङ्गवः’ (bull among kings)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator describing the king’s act of devotion)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Shiva)
• Samba (Shiva with Uma)
• the king (rājapuṅgava)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

By calling the Lord “avyaya” (imperishable), the verse points to the Supreme as changeless and undecaying—an attribute aligned with the Atman/Brahman teaching that the ultimate reality is not subject to time or dissolution.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes darśana (sacred beholding) leading to inner elation and namaskāra (humble prostration). In the Kurma Purana’s devotional-yogic ethos, such reverent attention and surrender function as foundational limbs that steady the mind for deeper Śaiva disciplines (including Pāśupata-oriented restraint and worship).

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

It presents Śiva (Hara/Sāmbā) as the supreme Īśvara worthy of worship, consistent with the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis where sectarian boundaries soften and devotion to the one imperishable Lord is affirmed across Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava frames.