Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 18

Kumārasya Krāuñcaparvatagamanam

Kumāra’s Departure to Mount Krāuñca

Devanagari script

अमावास्यादिने शंभुस्स्वयं गच्छति तत्र ह । पौर्णमासीदिने तत्र पार्वती गच्छति ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

amāvāsyādine śaṃbhussvayaṃ gacchati tatra ha | paurṇamāsīdine tatra pārvatī gacchati dhruvam

Translation

في يوم المحاق (أمَاوَاسْيَا)، يذهب شَمبهو—الرب شيفا—بنفسه إلى ذلك الموضع يقينًا؛ وفي يوم البدر (بورْنِمَا)، تذهب الإلهة بارفَتي إلى هناك بلا إخلاف.

Word by Word

• अमावास्या-दिने: on the new-moon day
• अमावास्या-दिने: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अमावास्यायाः दिने = Locative Tatpuruṣa

• शंभुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: विशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic/reflexive adverb)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• ह: indeed
• ह: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle, emphasis)

• पौर्णमासी-दिने: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमासी-दिने: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; पौर्णमास्याः दिने = Locative Tatpuruṣa

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: विशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे प्रयुक्तम्; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Mallikārjuna

Sthala Purana: The verse maps divine visitation onto lunar sacred time: Śiva goes on amāvāsyā and Pārvatī on paurṇimā. This lunar rhythm sacralizes the tīrtha and aligns pilgrimage with cosmic cycles, a hallmark of Jyotirliṅga māhātmya.

Significance: Amāvāsyā and Paurṇimā visits are considered especially fruitful for darśana, pitṛ-tarpaṇa (amāvāsyā-associated), and Devī/Śiva upāsanā, strengthening bhakti and purifying pāśa.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Lunar phase sanctification (new moon/full moon) as sacred cosmic timing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches that sacred tithis (Amāvāsyā and Paurṇimā) are especially charged with Śiva-Śakti presence, making worship, pilgrimage, and remembrance on these lunar days highly fruitful for bhakti and inner purification.

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

By affirming Śiva and Pārvatī’s “going” to a holy locus, the verse supports Saguna worship—approaching the Lord as personally accessible in a consecrated Liṅga/kshetra—while still implying the Siddhānta view that the transcendent Pati graciously becomes available through sacred forms and times.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Observe Amāvāsyā and Paurṇimā with Śiva-pūjā or kshetra-darśana, chanting the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma), and offering water/abhisheka to the Liṅga with steady, devotional meditation.