Shloka 53

पार्वत्याः पितृगृहगमनं तथा मङ्गलस्वागतम् | Pārvatī’s Return to Her Father’s House and the Auspicious Welcome

Devanagari script

तदा बभूव सुज्ञानं मेनाशैलेशयोरिति । आवां शिवो वञ्चयित्वा स्वस्थानं गतवान्प्रभुः

Transliteration

tadā babhūva sujñānaṃ menāśaileśayoriti | āvāṃ śivo vañcayitvā svasthānaṃ gatavānprabhuḥ

Translation

Then clear understanding arose in Menā and the lord of the mountain: “The Lord Śiva, having playfully deceived us, has now returned to His own abode.”

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• बभूव: arose / became
• बभूव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सु-ज्ञानम्: clear understanding
• सु-ज्ञानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास (‘good knowledge/clear understanding’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मेनाशैल-ईशयोः: of Menā and the mountain-lord
• मेनाशैल-ईशयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेना (प्रातिपदिक) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘Menā and the lord of the mountain’ as a pair denoted by dual genitive); षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• आवाम्: we two
• आवाम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Dual)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वञ्चयित्वा: having deceived
• वञ्चयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वञ्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having deceived’

• स्व-स्थानम्: to his own abode
• स्व-स्थानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘own place’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• गतवान्: went / having gone
• गतवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्यय (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (‘having gone’)

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; शिवस्य विशेषण-रूपेण

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Mena
• Himavan (Lord of the Mountain)

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva’s līlā: He may conceal His intent to mature the devotee’s understanding, and when insight dawns, one recognizes His sovereignty and grace behind the apparent “deception.”

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

Seeing Śiva as Prabhu (the personal Lord) supports saguna-bhakti: devotees worship the accessible form (such as the Liṅga) while trusting that His actions—even puzzling ones—are for spiritual uplift.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with surrender, and reflect after worship that Śiva’s līlā purifies ego and strengthens discernment (sujñāna).