Shloka 7

उमास्वयंवरः / भवोद्वाहः, गणसमागमः, अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्, तथा विनायक-उत्पत्तिसूचना

Devanagari script

धरणी धारणी चेला शची नारायणी तथा एताश्चान्याश् च देवानां मातरः पत्नयस् तथा

Transliteration

dharaṇī dhāraṇī celā śacī nārāyaṇī tathā etāścānyāś ca devānāṃ mātaraḥ patnayas tathā

Translation

Dharanī, Dhāraṇī, Celā, Śacī und Nārāyaṇī — diese und weitere Göttinnen — werden ebenso als Mütter der Devas und zugleich als ihre Gemahlinnen bezeichnet.

Word by Word

• धरणी (dharaṇī): Dharanī/Earth-goddess

• धारणी (dhāraṇī): Dhāraṇī, the Sustainer

• चेला (celā): Celā (a देवी-name)

• शची (śacī): Śacī (Indra’s consort)

• नारायणी (nārāyaṇī): Nārāyaṇī (power/consort associated with Nārāyaṇa)

• तथा (tathā): and/also

• एताः (etāḥ): these (feminine plural)

• च (ca): and

• अन्याः (anyāḥ): others

• देवानाम् (devānām): of the gods/Devas

• मातरः (mātaraḥ): mothers

• पत्नयः (patnayaḥ): wives/consorts

• तथा (tathā): likewise/so too

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Dharani
• Dharani (Dharani/Shakti aspect as Dhāraṇī)
• Celā
• Śacī
• Nārāyaṇī
• Devas

FAQs

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

By listing the Devas’ mothers and consorts as distinct śaktis, the verse supports the Shaiva view that all cosmic functions operate through power (Śakti) under the supreme Lord (Pati), which is ritually honored in Linga-pūjā as the inseparability of Shiva and Shakti.

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

Indirectly, it presents a Shaiva metaphysics where multiple divine agencies (mothers/consorts) are functional powers; Shiva-tattva stands as the transcendent Pati who grounds and governs these śaktis without being limited by them.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is prescribed in this line; the takeaway for practice is the contemplative recognition in pūjā and Pāśupata-oriented discipline that every deva-function is a śakti-expression, ultimately to be offered back to Shiva as Pati.