Shloka 36

दुर्गोपवीत-रचना तथा शिवामलङ्कारोत्सवः | The Making of the Durgopavīta and Pārvatī’s Auspicious Adornment Festival

Devanagari script

सम्पूजितस्तदा शम्भुः प्रविष्टो यज्ञमण्डपम् । संस्तूयमानो बह्वीभिः स्तुतिभिः परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

sampūjitastadā śambhuḥ praviṣṭo yajñamaṇḍapam | saṃstūyamāno bahvībhiḥ stutibhiḥ parameśvaraḥ

Translation

Dann betrat Śambhu, gebührend verehrt, den Opferpavillon (yajña-maṇḍapa). Der Höchste Herr, Parameśvara, wurde mit vielen Lobgesängen gepriesen.

Word by Word

• सम्पूजितः: having been duly worshipped
• सम्पूजितः: कर्तृविशेषण (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• तदा: then
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Time-locative/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• प्रविष्टः: having entered
• प्रविष्टः: कर्तृविशेषण (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु) → प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• यज्ञ-मण्डपम्: the sacrificial pavilion
• यज्ञ-मण्डपम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य मण्डपम्)

• संस्तूयमानः: being praised
• संस्तूयमानः: कर्तृविशेषण (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्तु (धातु) → स्तूयमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, शानच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शानच्

• बह्वीभिः: by many
• बह्वीभिः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बह्वी (प्रातिपदिक; बहु-स्त्रीलिङ्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; adjective agreeing with स्तुतिभिः

• स्तुतिभिः: with hymns/praises
• स्तुतिभिः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights that when Shiva is honored with proper worship and heartfelt stuti, the Supreme Pati becomes graciously present in the sacred space—showing bhakti as a direct means to divine nearness and auspiciousness.

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

Shiva is approached here as Parameśvara in a manifest, worship-receiving (saguṇa) mode—consistent with Purāṇic practice where ritual honor (pūjā) and hymns invite the Lord’s presence, as in Liṅga-pūjā and temple worship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform pūjā with stotra-pāṭha (recitation of hymns) as a focused bhakti-sādhana; accompanying Shaiva markers like Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” align the mind for reverent worship.