Shloka 3

नरकलोकवर्णनम् (Narakaloka-varṇanam) — Description of the Hell-Realms

Devanagari script

इदानीं किं प्रलप्यध्वे पीड्यमानास्स्वकर्मभिः । भुज्यंतां स्वानि कर्म्माणि नास्ति दोषो हि कस्यचित्

Transliteration

idānīṃ kiṃ pralapyadhve pīḍyamānāssvakarmabhiḥ | bhujyaṃtāṃ svāni karmmāṇi nāsti doṣo hi kasyacit

Translation

如今你们为何哀叹，既被自身所作之业所逼迫？当各自受取自业之果；确然无可归咎于他人。

Word by Word

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: now)

• kim: what?/why?
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (किम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचन (Singular) (क्रियाविशेषणवत्: 'why/what')

• pralapyadhve: do you lament/prattle
• pralapyadhve: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √lap (लप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• pīḍyamānāḥ: being tormented
• pīḍyamānāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīḍyamāna (पीड्यमान, कृदन्त from √pīḍ ‘to afflict’, शानच्/मान)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle)

• sva-karmabhiḥ: by (your) own actions
• sva-karmabhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (स्व प्रातिपदिक) + karman (कर्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (स्वानि कर्माणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• bhujyantām: let (them) be experienced
• bhujyantām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (भुज् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• svāni: one's own
• svāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (स्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• karmāṇi: actions/deeds
• karmāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (कर्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• doṣaḥ: fault/blame
• doṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (दोष प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• kasyacit: of anyone
• kasyacit: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (किम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (indefinite: 'anyone'), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

FAQs

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

It teaches karmic accountability: the soul (paśu) experiences pleasure and pain according to its own deeds, so spiritual maturity means dropping blame and turning toward Shiva for liberation from bondage (pāśa).

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

By accepting karma’s results without blaming others, the devotee becomes fit for Saguna Shiva worship (Linga-upāsanā) with humility; devotion then purifies karma and orients the mind toward Shiva as Pati, the liberator.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice steady japa of the Panchakshara ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") with a non-reactive mind, offering the fruits of actions to Shiva; this is the practical antidote to lamentation and blame.