Shloka 34

Devanagari script

ततस्ताः प्रेमसंविग्नाश्शिवदर्शनहर्षिताः । निधाय हृदि तन्मूर्तिं वचनं चेदमब्रुवन्

Transliteration

tatastāḥ premasaṃvignāśśivadarśanaharṣitāḥ | nidhāya hṛdi tanmūrtiṃ vacanaṃ cedamabruvan

Translation

Then those women, deeply stirred by love and rejoicing in the darśana of Śiva, enshrined that very form of His within their hearts and spoke these words.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): ‘thereupon/then’

• tāḥ: those (women)
• tāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• prema-saṃvignāḥ: agitated with love
• prema-saṃvignāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prema (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃvigna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vij/√vij? ‘to be agitated’, past participle sense)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective) of tāḥ; तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘by/with love agitated’

• śiva-darśana-harṣitāḥ: delighted at seeing Śiva
• śiva-darśana-harṣitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक) + harṣita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √hṛṣ ‘to rejoice’, क्त/ppp)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण of tāḥ; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘rejoiced due to the sight of Śiva’

• nidhāya: having placed
• nidhāya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having placed’; अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• hṛdi: in (the) heart
• hṛdi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tat-mūrtim: that form (image)
• tat-mūrtim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘that form’

• vacanam: speech/words
• vacanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• abruvan: they said/spoke
• abruvan: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta Gosvāmin, relating the Purāṇic account)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights bhakti as an inner transformation: true Śiva-darśana ripens into heart-abidance (hṛdaya-smaraṇa), where the devotee ‘enshrines’ Śiva’s form within and responds through reverent speech and surrender.

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

The verse emphasizes Saguna devotion—joy arising from Śiva’s perceptible form and presence. In Linga-worship too, the external darśana is meant to mature into inner contemplation, seeing the Lord as indwelling Pati who grants grace to the bound soul (paśu).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple takeaway is dhyāna with smaraṇa: after darśana (temple or Linga worship), mentally place Śiva’s mūrti in the heart and continue japa (e.g., “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with steady remembrance.