Shloka 14

गृहस्थ-जीवनसंस्काराः तथा पुत्रजन्म-शुभलक्षणवर्णनम् / Household Saṃskāras and the Auspicious Portents of a Son’s Birth

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे तृतीयायां शतरुद्रसंहितायां गृहपत्यवतारोपाख्याने गृहपत्यवतारवर्णनंनाम चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ gṛhapatyavatāropākhyāne gṛhapatyavatāravarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري شِيفا مهابورانا»، في الكتاب الثالث «شَتَرودرا سَمهِتا»، ضمن حكاية تجسّد غِرِهَپَتْيَا، يختتم الفصل الرابع عشر المعنون «وصف تجسّد غِرِهَپَتْيَا».

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्य-समाप्ति-सूचक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; text-title in locative: ‘in the Śrī-Śiva-Mahāpurāṇa’

• तृतीयायाम्: in the third
• तृतीयायाम्: अधिकरण-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ordinal adjective qualifying ‘संहितायाम्’

• शतरुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Śatarudra-saṃhitā
• शतरुद्र-संहितायाम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in the Śatarudra-saṃhitā’

• गृहपत्य-अवतार-उपाख्याने: in the narrative of the Gṛhapatya incarnation
• गृहपत्य-अवतार-उपाख्याने: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहपत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अवतार (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in the episode/narrative of the Gṛhapatya incarnation’

• गृहपत्य-अवतार-वर्णनम्: the description of the Gṛhapatya incarnation
• गृहपत्य-अवतार-वर्णनम्: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहपत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अवतार (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; chapter-title subject

• नाम: named
• नाम: सम्बन्ध-सूचक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: नाम-निपात (particle meaning ‘called/namely’)

• चतुर्दशः: fourteenth
• चतुर्दशः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ordinal ‘fourteenth’ qualifying ‘अध्यायः’

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘chapter’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon verse (adhyāya-saṃkṣepa) marking the close of the ‘Gṛhapatya-avatāra’ chapter; not tied to a specific Jyotirliṅga site narrative.

Significance: Textual tīrtha: hearing/reciting the Purāṇic chapter-colophon is traditionally treated as completion (pāraṇa) of śravaṇa, reinforcing saṃkalpa and continuity of kathā.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter, reaffirming that Shiva’s avatāra narratives (saguna revelations of the Supreme Pati) are preserved as authoritative teaching within the Śatarudra-saṃhitā.

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

By naming the chapter as a description of an avatāra, it frames Shiva worship through saguna manifestations—forms accessible to devotees—while implicitly pointing back to the same Shiva who is also beyond form (nirguna) in Shaiva Siddhanta understanding.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

No specific rite is prescribed in this colophon; the practical takeaway is śravaṇa (devotional listening/recitation) of Shiva’s līlās and avatāras as a supportive discipline for bhakti and remembrance of Shiva.