Shloka 8

हिमाचलविवाहवर्णनम् — Description of Himācala’s

context for) Marriage / The Himālaya-Marriage Narrative (Chapter Opening

Devanagari script

तस्यामहं सुता स्यामित्यवधार्य सती हृदा । त्यक्तदेहा मनो दध्रे भवितुं हिमवत्सुता

Transliteration

tasyāmahaṃ sutā syāmityavadhārya satī hṛdā | tyaktadehā mano dadhre bhavituṃ himavatsutā

Translation

Satī, having cast off her former body, fixed in her heart the resolve, “I shall become her daughter,” and set her mind on being born as Himavān’s daughter, so that the divine union with Śiva might be fulfilled again in purity and in accord with Dharma.

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her; in that (woman)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्याम्: may I be
• स्याम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक अव्यय (quotative)

• अवधार्य: having resolved; having determined
• अवधार्य: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + धृ (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल

• सती: Satī
• सती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती (प्रातिपदिक; √अस्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (नाम/epithet of Satī)

• हृदा: with (her) heart
• हृदा: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• त्यक्तदेहा: having abandoned the body
• त्यक्तदेहा: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्त + देह (प्रातिपदिक; √त्यज्)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (यस्याः देहः त्यक्तः सा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (form मनः)

• दध्रे: held; fixed (her mind)
• दध्रे: Kriya (क्रिया/Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• भवितुम्: to become
• भवितुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), क्रियार्थ (purpose)

• हिमवत्सुता: daughter of Himavat
• हिमवत्सुता: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: हिमवतः सुता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Characters & Entities

• Sati
• Parvati
• Himavat
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It shows Satī’s unwavering śuddha-bhakti and sankalpa: even after leaving the body, her consciousness remains oriented to Śiva, taking a new, dharmic birth as Pārvatī to complete divine purpose and uphold sacred union.

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

Satī’s resolve is devotion to Saguna Śiva—Śiva as the personal Lord who receives love and worship. In Śaiva practice, such one-pointed devotion supports steady Linga-upāsanā, where the mind is ‘placed’ (dadhre) on Śiva without wavering.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied practice is sankalpa with ekāgratā: take a vow to remember Śiva daily, repeat the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and meditate with a steady mind—optionally with bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa to support continuity of devotion.