Shloka 46

Devanagari script

युवा भवतु ते भर्ता रतिशूरश्च धार्मिकः । रूपवान् गुणवान्वाग्मी संततस्थिरयौवनः

Transliteration

yuvā bhavatu te bhartā ratiśūraśca dhārmikaḥ | rūpavān guṇavānvāgmī saṃtatasthirayauvanaḥ

Translation

“May your husband be ever youthful—valiant in love and steadfast in dharma; handsome, endowed with virtues, eloquent in speech, and possessed of unbroken, steady youth.”

Word by Word

• युवा: young
• युवा: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicative)

• भवतु: may (he) be
• भवतु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भर्ता: husband
• भर्ता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रति-शूरः: valiant in love
• रति-शूरः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रति (प्रातिपदिक) + शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative; ‘रतौ शूरः’/‘रतिविषये शूरः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

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

• धार्मिकः: righteous
• धार्मिकः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार्मिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• रूपवान्: handsome
• रूपवान्: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective)

• गुणवान्: virtuous; possessing qualities
• गुणवान्: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त

• वाग्मी: eloquent
• वाग्मी: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाग्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• संतत-स्थिर-यौवनः: of ever-steady youth
• संतत-स्थिर-यौवनः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संतत (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक) + यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-कर्मधारय (descriptive chain): ‘संततं स्थिरं यौवनं यस्य’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the boon/blessing dialogue in the Parvati Khanda context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

FAQs

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

It frames worldly well-being (youth, beauty, eloquence, harmony) as truly auspicious only when anchored in dharma—reflecting the Shaiva view that righteous living supports inner purity and devotion toward Pati (Shiva).

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

In Saguna Shiva worship, devotees seek Shiva’s grace for ordered life and dharmic relationships; such boons are understood as supports for steadiness in vrata, puja, and remembrance of Shiva, rather than as ends in themselves.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to pray for dharmic steadiness alongside prosperity—daily Shiva-nama japa (especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with a sattvic vow to truthfulness and self-restraint in household life.