Shloka 84
मेनायाः क्रोध-विलापः — Menā’s Lament and Reproach
to the Sage
किमर्थन्तु भवन्तश्च सर्वे सिद्धाः प्रपञ्चिनः । रूपमस्याः परं नाम व्यर्थीकर्त्तुं समुद्यताः
kimarthantu bhavantaśca sarve siddhāḥ prapañcinaḥ | rūpamasyāḥ paraṃ nāma vyarthīkarttuṃ samudyatāḥ
“For what reason are all of you—though accomplished siddhas and skilled in worldly ways—endeavoring to render futile her supreme form and her highest name?”
Pārvatī (as the addressed ‘her’ in third person within a rebuke/question in the narrative of Pārvatīkhaṇḍa)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
FAQs
The verse rebukes a cynical, worldly-minded attitude even among “siddhas,” affirming that the Divine’s supreme form and sacred name are not to be dismissed as empty—reverence and right understanding are essential for grace (anugraha) and liberation.
It supports Saguna worship by insisting that divine form and divine name are meaningful vehicles of realization; in Shaiva practice, honoring form (such as the Liṅga) together with nāma-japa steadies devotion and opens the seeker to Shiva’s transforming grace.
A direct takeaway is nāma-japa with faith—steadily repeating a sacred name (such as the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while maintaining reverence for the deity’s form, rather than treating mantra and icon as merely symbolic or “futile.”