Shloka 18

उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace

Devanagari script

तपसा तस्य बालस्य ह्युपमन्योर्महात्मनः । चराचरं च भुवनं प्रदीपितमभून्मुने

Transliteration

tapasā tasya bālasya hyupamanyormahātmanaḥ | carācaraṃ ca bhuvanaṃ pradīpitamabhūnmune

Translation

噢牟尼啊，由那位大心童子优波摩纽（Upamanyu）的苦行之力，整个宇宙——动者与不动者——皆被照耀，如同被圣火点燃而辉煌。

Word by Word

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तस्य: of that/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (possessive)

• बालस्य: of the boy
• बालस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), अवधारण/हेतु-भाव (emphasis/indeed)

• उपमन्योः: of Upamanyu
• उपमन्योः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपमन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (विशेष-रूप: -योः)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण

• चराचरम्: the moving and unmoving (beings)
• चराचरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (चर + अचर)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• भुवनम्: the world
• भुवनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रदीपितम्: illumined
• प्रदीपितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दीप् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘illumined’

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Imperfective past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: tapas-tejas pervading the carācara-jagat (cosmic illumination motif)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Upamanyu

FAQs

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

It teaches that sincere tapas performed with single-pointed devotion becomes spiritually luminous, purifying the practitioner and radiating sanctity into the whole cosmos—signifying Shiva’s grace responding to earnest effort.

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

Upamanyu’s tapas is directed toward Saguna Shiva—the compassionate Lord accessible through worship. In the Shiva Purana narrative arc, such devotion culminates in Shiva’s manifest blessing, often associated with Linga-centered worship and disciplined observance.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It implies steady austerity with devotional focus—such as daily Shiva-puja, japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and disciplined observances (vrata) undertaken with purity and humility.