Shloka 23

विनायकोत्पत्तिः / ताण्डव-प्रसङ्गः (दारुक-वधः, काली-उत्पत्तिः, क्षेत्रपालोत्पत्तिः)

Devanagari script

स्तनजेन तदा सार्धं कोपमस्याः पपौ पुनः क्रोधेनानेन वै बालः क्षेत्राणां रक्षको ऽभवत्

Transliteration

stanajena tadā sārdhaṃ kopamasyāḥ papau punaḥ krodhenānena vai bālaḥ kṣetrāṇāṃ rakṣako 'bhavat

Translation

当时，他与她乳房之乳一同，再次饮尽她的嗔怒。正因那嗔怒，孩童成为圣域之守护者——为湿婆境界驱邪护界的刹特罗波罗（kṣetrapāla）。

Word by Word

• स्तनजेन (stanajena): with breast-milk

• तदा (tadā): then

• सार्धम् (sārdham): together with

• कोपम् (kopam): anger

• अस्याः (asyāḥ): of her

• पपौ (papau): drank/absorbed

• पुनः (punaḥ): again

• क्रोधेन (krodhena): by/through wrath

• अनेन (anena): by this/with this

• वै (vai): indeed

• बालः (bālaḥ): the child

• क्षेत्राणाम् (kṣetrāṇām): of the fields/sacred precincts

• रक्षकः (rakṣakaḥ): protector/guard

• अभवत् (abhavat): became

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It explains the emergence of a kṣetrapāla—an empowered guardian of Śiva’s sacred precinct—highlighting that protecting the linga-kṣetra is itself part of sustaining dharma around Linga worship.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By implying the conversion of a fierce force into ordered guardianship, it reflects Śiva-tattva as Pati: the Lord who can harness even intense energies (like krodha) into a protective, dharma-aligned function for the benefit of pashus.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse points to kṣetra-rakṣaṇa—sanctifying and protecting the worship-space—often expressed ritually through boundary-guardianship (kṣetrapāla) and yogically as redirecting reactive impulses into disciplined service aligned with Pāśupata restraint.