Shloka 53

वीरभद्र-भैरव-आह्वानम् — Invocation of Vīrabhadra/Bhairava for Cosmic Reabsorption

Devanagari script

निर्जितस्त्वं दधीचेन संग्रामे समरुद्गणः । कण्डूयमाने शिरसि कथं तद्विस्मृतन्त्वया

Transliteration

nirjitastvaṃ dadhīcena saṃgrāme samarudgaṇaḥ | kaṇḍūyamāne śirasi kathaṃ tadvismṛtantvayā

Translation

哦，玛鲁特众神，你们曾在战斗中被达迪奇击败。当你的头感到发痒时（即便现在），你怎么能忘记那件事呢？

Word by Word

• nirjitaḥ: defeated
• nirjitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/predicate complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√ji (धातु) (निर्जित)
• Form: Past passive participle (कृत/क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicative with tvam

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: 2nd-person pronoun, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• dadhīcena: by Dadhīci
• dadhīcena: Karaṇa (करण/agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadhīci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; agent/instrument in passive

• saṃgrāme: in battle
• saṃgrāme: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• sa-marut-gaṇaḥ: (you,) the host of Maruts
• sa-marut-gaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/appositive to tvam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सदृश) + marut (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘group with the Maruts’; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मरुद्गणः सह)

• kaṇḍūyamāne: while (it) was itching/being scratched
• kaṇḍūyamāne: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative absolute-like)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kaṇḍūy (धातु) (कण्डूयमान)
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्/मान), Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; agrees with śirasi; ‘while being scratched/itching’

• śirasi: on the head
• śirasi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• katham: how
• katham: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), interrogative adverb

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म/object of vismṛtam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• vismṛtam: forgotten
• vismṛtam: Karma (कर्म/predicate about tat)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√smṛ (धातु) (विस्मृत)
• Form: Past passive participle (कृत/क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘forgotten’

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karaṇa (करण/agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: 2nd-person pronoun, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; agent in passive

Speaker

Inferred narrator within Suta’s Shiva Purana narration (addressing the Maruts in a remembered episode)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Moral recollection: even devas are subject to humiliation when bound by pride/forgetfulness; prompts humility and reliance on Śiva’s governance.

Characters & Entities

• Dadhichi
• Maruts

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It warns against pride and spiritual forgetfulness: even powerful beings must remember past defeats and the law of karma, cultivating humility and right remembrance (smṛti), which supports bhakti and liberation under Pati (Śiva).

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

By highlighting the danger of arrogance and forgetfulness, it points the devotee back to steady Saguna Shiva worship—Linga-pūjā, mantra-japa, and surrender—which purify ego and align the soul (paśu) toward Śiva, the Lord (Pati).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily Panchākṣarī japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with self-examination and humility; on Mahāśivarātri, combine it with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) application and confession/repentance to dissolve pride.