International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture Available online at https://sloap.org/journals/index.php/ijllc/ Vol. 8, No. 3, May 2022, pages: 84-92 ISSN: 2455-8028 https://doi.org/10.21744/ijllc.v8n3.2080 84 Water Discourse in Kakawin Purwaning Gunung Agung I Ketut Eriadi Ariana a I Ketut Jirnaya b I G.A.A. Mas Triadnyani c Article history: Abstract Submitted: 27 February 2022 Revised: 18 March 2022 Accepted: 09 April 2022 Water is one of the abiotic elements that is widely discussed in the treasures of traditional Indonesian literature, one of which is Kakawin Purwaning Gunung Agung. This text is a kakawin created in modern Bali by Ida Pedanda Made Sidemen. Kakawin Purwaning Gunung Agung discourses on the water in various narratives to harmonize the universe and relate to the entities of the gods. Water is considered a medium whose presence depends on Lord Shiva as a superpower figure. With the reading of deconstruction as stated by Jacques Derrida, water can be interpreted as not just an element of God's creation that is completely subject to Lord Shiva. Water and its representatives fight against Shiva's domination. Readers will be offered new ideas that nature must be protected and used wisely with the principles of sustainability. Keywords: ancient Javanese literature; Kakawin Purwaning Gunung Agung; linguistic; traditional Indonesian literature: water; International journal of linguistics, literature and culture © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Corresponding author: I Ketut Eriadi Ariana, Udayana University, Indonesia. Email address: eriadi.ariana99@gmail.com a Udayana University, Indonesia b Udayana University, Indonesia c Udayana University, Indonesia