Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

अथ कालेन तद्योषिदन्तर्वत्नी बभूव ह । विधिवद्विहिते तेन गर्भाधानाख्यकर्मणि

Transliteration

atha kālena tadyoṣidantarvatnī babhūva ha | vidhivadvihite tena garbhādhānākhyakarmaṇi

Translation

ثم مع مرور الزمن، حملت زوجته حقًّا، لأنه كان قد أجرى على الوجه المأمور به وبحسب الشريعة الطقسية شعيرة «غَربهادانا» (Garbhādhāna) الخاصة بالإخصاب.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अथ अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/conjunction (अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय)

• kālena: with time, in due course
• kālena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (काल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; ‘in course of time/with time’

• tad-yoṣit: that woman
• tad-yoṣit: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + yoṣit (योषित् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; ‘that woman’ (appositional)

• antar-vatnī: pregnant
• antar-vatnī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: antar (अन्तर् अव्यय/उपसर्ग-प्रातिपदिक) + vatnī (वत्नी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; adjective meaning ‘having (a fetus) within’

• babhūva: became
• babhūva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd Person, Singular; parasmaipada

• ha: indeed
• ha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (ह अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/itihāsa-style

• vidhi-vat: properly, as prescribed
• vidhi-vat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi (विधि प्रातिपदिक) + vat (वत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Adverbial indeclinable (वत्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय) meaning ‘according to rule’

• vihite: (when) performed/ordained
• vihite: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + dhā (धा धातु) + kta (क्त) → vihita (विहित कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; Neuter or Masculine; past passive participle used in locative absolute with ‘tena’/context: ‘when it was duly performed’

• tena: by him / thereby
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; ‘by him/thereby’

• garbhādhāna-ākhya-karmaṇi: in the rite called Garbhādhāna
• garbhādhāna-ākhya-karmaṇi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garbha (गर्भ) + ādhāna (आधान) + ākhya (आख्य) + karman (कर्मन्)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; compound: ‘in the rite called garbhādhāna’ (नाम-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Narrative fruition: the boon ripens through time and proper samskāra (garbhādhāna). Not a Jyotirliṅga episode.

Significance: Underscores that Śiva’s grace harmonizes with dharma: desired outcomes arise ‘kālena’ (in due time) when supported by prescribed rites and conduct.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

FAQs

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

It highlights that even worldly life becomes a support for dharma when actions are performed as prescribed rites (saṃskāras), refining intention and aligning family life with sacred order—an attitude consistent with Shaiva discipline of purity and responsibility.

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

Though the verse speaks of a Vedic saṃskāra, its spirit aligns with Saguna Shiva worship: life events are offered into sacred order, and the householder’s duties can be sanctified through devotion, prayer, and ritual purity before approaching Shiva worship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The direct practice implied is observing prescribed saṃskāras with mantra and purity; as a Shaiva takeaway, one may accompany such rites with japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and a disciplined, sattvic lifestyle.