Shloka 70

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

Devanagari script

कीर्तनीयमिदं सर्वं भवोद्वाहमनुत्तमम् कृतोद्वाहस्तदा देव्या हैमवत्या वृषध्वजः

Transliteration

kīrtanīyamidaṃ sarvaṃ bhavodvāhamanuttamam kṛtodvāhastadā devyā haimavatyā vṛṣadhvajaḥ

Translation

Diese ganze Erzählung von Bhavas unvergleichlicher Hochzeit soll rezitiert und gefeiert werden. So vollendete Vṛṣadhvaja—Herr Śiva, dessen Banner den Stier trägt—die Vermählung mit der Göttin Haimavatī (Pārvatī), der Tochter Himavats.

Word by Word

• कीर्तनीयम्: to be recited/proclaimed

• इदम्: this

• सर्वम्: all/entire (account)

• भव-उद्वाहम्: the marriage of Bhava (Śiva)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed/supreme

• कृत-उद्वाहः: having performed/consummated the wedding

• तदा: then/at that time

• देव्या: with the Goddess

• हैमवत्या: Haimavatī (daughter of Himavat, Pārvatī)

• वृषध्वजः: he whose banner bears the bull (Śiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Himavat

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva’s divine marriage as a kīrtanīya (worthy-to-be-recited) sacred narrative, implying that remembrance and recitation are themselves acts of Shiva-bhakti that purify the pashu (soul) and orient it toward Pati (Shiva).

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

By naming him Bhava and Vṛṣadhvaja, the verse presents Shiva as the supreme Lord who is both transcendent (anuttama) and relational—uniting with Shakti, through whom grace and cosmic order are expressed.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The explicit practice is kīrtana—devotional recitation of sacred accounts—functioning as a bhakti-sādhana that supports inner purification and steadiness conducive to Shaiva observance and Pashupata-oriented discipline.