Shloka 39

Andhakeśvara-liṅga Māhātmya and Śiva’s Subjugation of Andhaka (अन्धकेश्वरलिङ्गमाहात्म्य तथा अन्धकवध-प्रसङ्ग)

Devanagari script

तयोः सेवाप्रभावेण प्रसन्ना चण्डिका तदा । सुदर्शनं च पुत्रत्वे चकार गिरिजा मुने

Transliteration

tayoḥ sevāprabhāveṇa prasannā caṇḍikā tadā | sudarśanaṃ ca putratve cakāra girijā mune

Translation

By the power of their devoted service, Caṇḍikā was then pleased; and Girijā (Pārvatī), O sage, accepted Sudarśana as her son.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचनार्थे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (genitive dual)

• सेवाप्रभावेण: by the power of service
• सेवाप्रभावेण: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेवा + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सेवायाः प्रभावः)

• प्रसन्ना: pleased
• प्रसन्ना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चण्डिका: Caṇḍikā
• चण्डिका: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (देवी-नाम)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सुदर्शनम्: Sudarśana
• सुदर्शनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• पुत्रत्वे: as (her) son / in sonship
• पुत्रत्वे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (state/condition)

• चकार: made
• चकार: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• गिरिजा: Girijā (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गिरेः जा)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (vocative)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Caṇḍikā

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Chandika
• Parvati (Girija)
• Sudarshana

FAQs

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

It teaches that sincere seva performed with devotion ripens into divine grace (prasāda); when the Goddess is pleased, she transforms destiny and grants intimate protection—symbolized here by being accepted into divine sonship.

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

Though the verse centers on the Goddess, the Shiva Purana frames such grace as operating within Saguna worship—devotion expressed through concrete acts (seva, pūjā, pilgrimage) that culminate in the Lord-and-Goddess bestowing protection and spiritual uplift.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is seva joined to bhakti: regular pūjā with mantra-japa (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), offered with purity and steadiness, as the practical means to invite prasāda.