Shloka 16

कामभस्म-प्रार्थना: रत्याः शङ्करं प्रति विनयः / Rati’s Supplication to Śaṅkara regarding Kāma’s Ashes

Devanagari script

कृतार्थाभूच्छिवं देवं तुष्टाव च कृताञ्जलिः । प्राणनाथप्रदं पत्या जीवितेन पुनःपुनः

Transliteration

kṛtārthābhūcchivaṃ devaṃ tuṣṭāva ca kṛtāñjaliḥ | prāṇanāthapradaṃ patyā jīvitena punaḥpunaḥ

Translation

Nachdem sie ihr Ziel erreicht hatte, stand sie mit gefalteten Händen da und pries immer wieder den Herrn Śiva, den Göttlichen—der den Herrn des Lebens zurückgibt—als ob sie in Hingabe ihr eigenes Leben um ihres Gatten willen darbrächte.

Word by Word

• कृतार्था: fulfilled, successful
• कृतार्था: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; शिवम् इति विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन

• तुष्टाव: praised
• तुष्टाव: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• कृत-अञ्जलिः: with hands joined (in reverence)
• कृत-अञ्जलिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कृतः अञ्जलिः येन)

• प्राण-नाथ-प्रदम्: giver of the lord of life (restorer of life’s master)
• प्राण-नाथ-प्रदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (प्राणानां नाथं प्रददाति इति)

• पत्या: by/with (her) husband
• पत्या: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case, instrumental), एकवचन

• जीवितेन: with (her) life
• जीवितेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पुनः: again and again
• पुनः: Viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-बल (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights fulfilled devotion (kṛtārthatā) expressed through repeated praise and surrender, showing that Śiva’s grace (anugraha) responds to earnest bhakti and restores what is most vital to the devotee—life, protection, and spiritual steadiness.

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

The mood is personal and devotional—folded hands, stuti, and repeated remembrance—typical of Saguna Śiva worship. In Linga-upāsanā, this same attitude is expressed through namaskāra, stotra, and inner offering of one’s prāṇa (life-breath) to the Lord present in the Linga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Repeated japa and stuti with añjali (folded hands) is implied—especially Panchākṣarī japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with heartfelt surrender, offering one’s breath and mind to Śiva again and again.