Shloka 57

गिरिजाया तपोऽनुज्ञा

Permission for Girijā’s Austerities

Devanagari script

सर्वकामान्परित्यज्य यदि चाहं वृषध्वजे । अनुरक्ता तदा सोत्र संप्रसीदतु शंकरः

Transliteration

sarvakāmānparityajya yadi cāhaṃ vṛṣadhvaje | anuraktā tadā sotra saṃprasīdatu śaṃkaraḥ

Translation

O Śiva, Lord of the bull-banner, if I have cast away all worldly desires and am truly devoted to You, then may Śaṅkara, ever-auspicious, be gracious to me here and now.

Word by Word

• सर्वकामान्: all desires
• सर्वकामान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वे कामाः)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), परस्मैपदी; ‘having abandoned’

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• वृषध्वजे: O bull-bannered one (Śiva)
• वृषध्वजे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वृषस्य ध्वजः)

• अनुरक्ता: devoted/attached
• अनुरक्ता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-रञ्ज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘attached/devoted’ (अहम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उत्र: there/here (in that case)
• उत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्र/तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb); पाठभेदः—‘उत्र’ इति ‘तत्र’/‘अत्र’ अर्थे

• संप्रसीदतु: may (he) be gracious
• संप्रसीदतु: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Pārvatī

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It presents the Shaiva path of grace (prasāda): when the seeker renounces self-centered desires and becomes single-heartedly devoted, Śiva (Pati) is pleased and bestows spiritual fulfillment that culminates in liberation.

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

Calling Śiva as Vṛṣadhvaja and Śaṅkara emphasizes Saguna devotion—approaching the compassionate Lord through loving surrender. In Linga-worship, the same inner attitude (desirelessness and bhakti) is taught as the essence that makes pūjā spiritually effective.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is a vow of renunciation and focused bhakti: worship Śiva with a one-pointed mind—ideally with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—offering desires into Śiva and seeking only his grace.