Shloka 29

महेश्वरागमनं तथा नीराजन-सत्कारवर्णनम् / The Arrival of Maheśvara and the Rite of Welcome

Nīrājana

Devanagari script

मधुबिम्बाधरोष्ठां च रत्नयावकसंयुताम् । रत्नदर्प्पणहस्तां च क्रीडापद्मविभूषिताम्

Transliteration

madhubimbādharoṣṭhāṃ ca ratnayāvakasaṃyutām | ratnadarppaṇahastāṃ ca krīḍāpadmavibhūṣitām

Translation

Her lips were like the sweet bimba-fruit, adorned with yāvak dye like a jewel’s red. In her hand she held a mirror set with gems, and she was graced with a lotus meant for playful sport.

Word by Word

• मधु: honey/sweet
• मधु: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• बिम्ब: bimba-fruit (red gourd)
• बिम्ब: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासाङ्ग

• अधर: lower (lip)
• अधर: Visheshya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासाङ्ग

• ओष्ठाम्: lip
• ओष्ठाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समस्तपदस्य मुख्यपदम् (head of compound)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• रत्न: jewel
• रत्न: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासाङ्ग

• यावक: lac-dye/red cosmetic
• यावक: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे भेदः), प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासाङ्ग; ‘लाक्षा/रञ्जकद्रव्य’

• संयुताम्: adorned/combined with
• संयुताम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) → संयुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies implied देवीम्)

• रत्न: jewel
• रत्न: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासाङ्ग

• दर्पण: mirror
• दर्पण: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासाङ्ग

• हस्ताम्: having (in her) hand a jeweled mirror
• हस्ताम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुषः (रत्न-दर्पण-हस्ता = having a jewel-mirror in hand); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• क्रीडा: play/sport
• क्रीडा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासाङ्ग

• पद्म: lotus
• पद्म: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासाङ्ग

• विभूषिताम्: adorned
• विभूषिताम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + भूष् (धातु) → विभूषित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, within the Rudrasaṃhitā’s Pārvatīkhaṇḍa narration)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It presents Pārvatī’s auspicious, luminous form as Śakti—an object of sattvic contemplation—through which devotion matures into reverence for the inseparable Shiva–Shakti reality.

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

By portraying the divine form (saguṇa) with sacred beauty and symbols, it supports form-based worship that steadies the mind; such devotion culminates in worship of Śiva as Pati, with Pārvatī as His Śakti, often centered on the Liṅga in Shaiva practice.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple practice is dhyāna (visual meditation) on the auspicious form of Pārvatī alongside Śiva while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating purity, devotion, and one-pointedness.