Shloka 4

पार्वतीप्रार्थना—हिमवत्पार्श्वे भिक्षुरूपेण याचनम् | Pārvatī’s Request: Śiva to Seek Her in Beggar-Form at Himālaya’s Court

Devanagari script

प्रत्युवाच महा साध्वी स्वोपकण्ठस्थितं विभुम् । अतीव सुखिता देवी प्रीत्युत्फुल्लानना शिवा

Transliteration

pratyuvāca mahā sādhvī svopakaṇṭhasthitaṃ vibhum | atīva sukhitā devī prītyutphullānanā śivā

Translation

Darauf erwiderte die große tugendhafte Göttin, überaus beglückt und mit vor Liebe erblühtem Antlitz, dem allgegenwärtigen Herrn, der dicht an ihrer Seite ruhte.

Word by Word

• प्रत्युवाच: replied
• प्रत्युवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-उप-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महा: great
• महा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (महान् → महा)

• साध्वी: virtuous woman
• साध्वी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• स्व: one's own
• स्व: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• उपकण्ठस्थितम्: standing near (her) neck/close by
• उपकण्ठस्थितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपकण्ठ-स्थित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) स्थित; समासः—तत्पुरुष (उपकण्ठे स्थितः)

• विभुम्: the Lord, the mighty one
• विभुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सुखिता: happy
• सुखिता: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• प्रीत्या: with joy; out of love
• प्रीत्या: Hetu/Kāraṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• उत्फुल्लानना: with a blossoming face
• उत्फुल्लानना: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्फुल्ल-आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (उत्फुल्लम् आननं यस्याः)

• शिवा: Śivā (Pārvatī)
• शिवा: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Parvati

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It highlights the Śiva–Śivā relationship as a sacred model of bhakti: the heart that is filled with love becomes fit to receive the Lord’s grace, and the all-pervading Pati is experienced as intimately near.

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

Though Śiva is Vibhū (all-pervading), the verse presents Him in a personable, Saguna form—approachable and near—mirroring how devotees worship the formless Supreme through the tangible Linga and loving relationship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate loving remembrance (smaraṇa) of Śiva as ever-near while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”; let the mind become calm and affectionate, as devotion is the inner rite that supports all outer worship.