Shloka 50

अत्रीश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनम् (Atrīśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam) — “Account of the Greatness of Atrīśvara”

Devanagari script

एतद्दृष्ट्वानसूयं तत्कर्म पातिव्रतं महत् । प्रसन्नोभून्महादेवः पार्थिवादाविराशु वै

Transliteration

etaddṛṣṭvānasūyaṃ tatkarma pātivrataṃ mahat | prasannobhūnmahādevaḥ pārthivādāvirāśu vai

Translation

Seeing Anasūyā and that great act of pātivratā, steadfast wifely fidelity, Mahādeva was pleased and swiftly manifested from the Pārthiva, the earthen form.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (Karma/Object of seeing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having seen’

• अनसूयाम्: Anasūyā
• अनसूयाम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनसूया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेषण (modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• कर्म: deed, act
• कर्म: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पातिव्रतम्: wifely fidelity, devoted chastity
• पातिव्रतम्: कर्म (Karma/Object; apposition to कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातिव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘पतिव्रतधर्मः’

• महत्: great
• महत्: विशेषण (modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: कर्ता-विशेषण (subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भाववाचक-विशेषण

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

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् देवः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पार्थिवात्: from the earthen (liṅga)
• पार्थिवात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• आविर्: manifestly
• आविर्: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आविर् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable; ‘manifest/visible’)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• वै: indeed
• वै: सम्बन्ध (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Anasuya

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that Mahādeva responds to inner purity and dharmic steadfastness—here, Anasūyā’s pātivratya—by granting direct grace (prasāda) and making Himself manifest, showing the Siddhānta theme that the Lord’s anugraha liberates the bound soul.

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

It highlights Saguna Shiva’s accessibility through Liṅga-upāsanā: even an earthen (pārthiva) Liṅga, when worshiped with sincerity and virtue, becomes a locus for Shiva’s real presence and blessing.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Pārthiva Liṅga pūjā (worship of an earth-made Liṅga) with mantra-japa—especially the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and a life of restraint and purity is implied as the practical takeaway.