Shloka 9

पूर्वगतिवर्णनम् (Pūrvagati-varṇana) — “Description of the Prior Course / Earlier Lineage Account”

Devanagari script

जगद्वंद्याः सदा लोकमातरः परमोददाः । योगिन्यः परमा ज्ञाननिधानास्तास्त्रिलोकगाः

Transliteration

jagadvaṃdyāḥ sadā lokamātaraḥ paramodadāḥ | yoginyaḥ paramā jñānanidhānāstāstrilokagāḥ

Translation

Ever revered by the whole world, they are the Mothers of the worlds, supremely generous. Those Yoginīs are the highest, treasuries of spiritual knowledge, and they move throughout the three worlds.

Word by Word

• जगत्-वन्द्याः: worshipped by the world
• जगत्-वन्द्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + वन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः वन्द्याः = worshipped by the world)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• लोक-मातरः: mothers of the world
• लोक-मातरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकस्य मातरः)

• परम-उददाः: supreme givers
• परम-उददाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + उदद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (परमा उददाः = supremely giving)

• योगिन्यः: yoginīs
• योगिन्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• परमाः: supreme
• परमाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• ज्ञान-निधानाः: treasuries of knowledge
• ज्ञान-निधानाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + निधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ज्ञानस्य निधानाः = repositories of knowledge)

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्रि-लोक-गाः: moving in the three worlds
• त्रि-लोक-गाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (त्रिषु लोकेषु गाः = moving in the three worlds)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmī (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs
• Lokamātṛs (world-mothers)

FAQs

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

The verse extols the Yoginīs as world-mothers and vessels of jñāna, indicating that divine grace and liberating knowledge flow through Śakti, the power of Śiva, who pervades and governs the three worlds.

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

In Śaiva practice, Saguna Śiva (often worshiped as the Liṅga) is approached together with Śakti; honoring the Mothers/Yoginīs reflects reverence to Śiva’s inseparable power that bestows protection, boons, and spiritual awakening.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It supports Śiva-Śakti upāsanā: steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with disciplined yoga (yama-niyama), and devotional offerings to Śiva alongside reverence to the divine Mothers as sources of guidance and knowledge.