Shloka 2

Devīkṛta-praśna-varṇana (Description of the Goddess’s Questions) / देवीकृतप्रश्नवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे षष्ठ्यां कैलास संहितायां देवीदेवसंवादे देवीकृतप्रश्नवर्णनं नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kailāsa saṃhitāyāṃ devīdevasaṃvāde devīkṛtapraśnavarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweite Kapitel, genannt „Die Darstellung der von der Göttin gestellten Fragen“, in der Kailāsa-Saṃhitā innerhalb des verehrungswürdigen Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, im Dialog zwischen Devī und Deva (Pārvatī und Herrn Śiva).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (end-quote marker)
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/iti-marker)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (उपसर्गवत्/प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—श्रीशिवमहापुराण (locative: “in the Śrī-Śiva-Mahāpurāṇa”)

• षष्ठ्याम्: in the sixth
• षष्ठ्याम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचकविशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• कैलास-संहितायाम्: in the Kailāsa-saṃhitā
• कैलास-संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—कैलाससंहिता (locative)

• देवी-देव-संवादे: in the Devī–Deva dialogue
• देवी-देव-संवादे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + संवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—देवीदेवसंवाद (locative: “in the dialogue of Devī and Deva”)

• देवी-कृत-प्रश्न-वर्णनम्: the description of questions made by Devī
• देवी-कृत-प्रश्न-वर्णनम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ धातु, क्त/कृदन्त) + प्रश्न (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—देवीकृतप्रश्नवर्णन (chapter-title noun)

• नाम: named; called
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (naming particle: “called/named”)

• द्वितीयः: second
• द्वितीयः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचकविशेषण (ordinal)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon marking the close of a chapter in the Devī–Deva dialogue section; no specific sthala narrative is invoked here.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It functions as the chapter-colophon, marking a transition into Śiva’s authoritative teaching in response to Devī’s questions—highlighting the Purāṇa’s method: sincere inquiry (praśna) leading to liberating knowledge (jñāna) under the grace of Pati (Śiva).

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

By framing the Devī–Deva dialogue, it signals that subsequent instruction—often including Linga-worship, mantra, and devotion—comes directly from Śiva to Devī, establishing Saguna Śiva as the compassionate teacher who reveals the means to realize the supreme (Nirguṇa) truth.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied practice is śravaṇa (reverent listening) and manana (reflection) on Śiva’s answers; this prepares the devotee for disciplined upāsanā such as japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and focused contemplation on Śiva as Pati, the liberator.