Shloka 44

मदनदाहः — पार्वतीतपः, स्वयंवरलीला, देवस्तम्भनं, दिव्यचक्षुर्दानम्

Devanagari script

इयं च प्रकृतिर्देवी सदा ते सृष्टिकारण पत्नीरूपं समास्थाय जगत्कारणमागता

Transliteration

iyaṃ ca prakṛtirdevī sadā te sṛṣṭikāraṇa patnīrūpaṃ samāsthāya jagatkāraṇamāgatā

Translation

هذه الإلهة براكريتي هي على الدوام علتُك الملازمة للخلق؛ وقد اتخذت هيئةَ قرينتك، فجاءت أساساً سببياً للكون.

Word by Word

• iyam: this (she)

• ca: and

• prakṛtiḥ: Prakṛti, primordial Nature/Power

• devī: the Goddess

• sadā: always

• te: your

• sṛṣṭi-kāraṇa: cause of creation

• patnī-rūpam: the form of a wife/consort

• samāsthāya: having assumed/taken refuge in

• jagat-kāraṇam: the cause of the world

• āgatā: has come/has manifested

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; internal teaching on Shiva–Shakti as Pati and Shakti)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Prakriti
• Devi (Shakti)

FAQs

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

It frames Linga worship as devotion to Pati (Shiva) together with his inseparable Shakti—Prakṛti—through whom the manifest world arises; thus the Linga signifies the transcendent Lord with his creative power.

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

Shiva-tattva is indicated as the supreme Pati whose creative function is not solitary but expressed through his eternal Shakti (Prakṛti), showing non-dual inseparability of Shiva and Shakti in manifestation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The key takeaway is tattva-jñāna used in Pashupata-oriented sādhanā: meditating on Shiva as Pati and on Shakti/Prakṛti as his power, dissolving pasha (bondage) through right understanding and devotion.