Shloka 40

पार्वतीवाक्यं—शिवस्य परब्रह्मत्व-निरूपणम्

Pārvatī’s Discourse: Establishing Śiva as Parabrahman

Devanagari script

हित्वैतत्स्थलमद्येव यास्यामोऽन्यत्र मा चिरम् । यथा संभाषणं न स्यादनेनाऽविदुषा पुनः

Transliteration

hitvaitatsthalamadyeva yāsyāmo'nyatra mā ciram | yathā saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ na syādanenā'viduṣā punaḥ

Translation

“Leaving this place this very day, let us go elsewhere without delay, so that we may not have to speak again with this ignorant one.”

Word by Word

• हित्वा: having left
• हित्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) ‘having left/abandoned’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: विशेषण (Adjectival to कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थलम् इति विशेषण

• स्थलम्: place
• स्थलम्: कर्म (Karma/Object of हित्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: कालाधिकरण (Time adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• यास्यामः: we shall go
• यास्यामः: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: देशाधिकरण (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• मा: not
• मा: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (prohibitive/negative particle)

• चिरम्: for long
• चिरम्: कालाधिकरण (Time extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative) ‘for long’

• यथा: so that
• यथा: सम्बन्ध (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (conj./adverb) ‘so that/as’

• संभाषणम्: conversation
• संभाषणम्: कर्ता (Karta; subject of स्यात्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभाषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• स्यात्: might be/should be
• स्यात्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अनेन: with/by this person
• अनेन: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अविदुषा: ignorant (one)
• अविदुषा: करण (Karaṇa; in apposition to अनेन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अविद्वान्’ (ignorant)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Parvati (inferred, within the Parvati Khanda narrative as dialogue concerning avoiding unwise company)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse emphasizes viveka (discernment): spiritual progress in Shaiva dharma is protected by avoiding repeated engagement with ignorance, which distracts the mind from devotion to Pati (Shiva) and steadiness in sadhana.

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

Linga/Saguna-Shiva worship requires inner purity and focused bhakti; avoiding fruitless arguments with the ignorant supports ekāgratā (one-pointedness) so the devotee’s attention stays on Shiva’s form, mantra, and worship rather than agitation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Choose satsanga and maintain japa—especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a practical substitute for unhelpful debate; keep the mind calm for dhyana and daily puja.