Shloka 7

गोत्र-प्रवर-प्रश्नः तथा तिथ्यादि-कीर्तनं

Gotra–Pravara Inquiry and Proclamation of Auspicious Time

Devanagari script

स्वगोत्रं कथ्यतां शम्भो प्रवरश्च कुलं तथा । नाम वेदं तथा शाखां मा कार्षीत्समयात्ययम्

Transliteration

svagotraṃ kathyatāṃ śambho pravaraśca kulaṃ tathā | nāma vedaṃ tathā śākhāṃ mā kārṣītsamayātyayam

Translation

“O Śambhu, please declare Your own gotra, Your pravara, and likewise Your lineage; also tell Your name, Veda, and Vedic branch. Do not cause any delay beyond the proper time.”

Word by Word

• स्व-गोत्रम्: your lineage-clan (gotra)
• स्व-गोत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य गोत्रम्) — Neuter, Accusative singular

• कथ्यताम्: let (it) be stated
• कथ्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative) — Imperative passive: “let it be told”

• शम्भो: O Śambhu
• शम्भो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Vocative singular

• प्रवरः: (your) pravara (ancestral seers list)
• प्रवरः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कथ्यताम् इत्यस्य कर्म) — Masculine, Accusative singular (object understood)

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

• कुलम्: family
• कुलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• तथा: also
• तथा: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (also/likewise)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• वेदम्: Veda
• वेदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular

• तथा: also
• तथा: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (also)

• शाखाम्: (Vedic) branch/recension
• शाखाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative singular

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (prohibitive particle used with injunctive/imperative)

• कार्षीत्: (you) should not do / do not commit
• कार्षीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्/आर्ष-लङ् (आज्ञार्थे निषेधसहितः), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Prohibitive aorist/imperative sense: “do not do”

• समय-अत्ययम्: transgression of the agreed rule/time (breach of convention)
• समय-अत्ययम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय (प्रातिपदिक) + अत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (समयस्य अत्ययः) — Masculine, Accusative singular

Speaker

Pārvatī

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga origin; it dramatizes the social-ritual interface where Pārvatī asks Śiva for gotra/pravara/veda—categories that Śiva, as transcendent Pati, does not literally possess.

Significance: Highlights the paradox of the transcendent Lord entering worldly dharma conventions; pilgrims read such passages as teaching humility and the limits of ritual categories before Śiva’s absoluteness.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It shows Saguna Śiva willingly entering the framework of dharma and social rites, teaching that devotion to Śiva does not reject order and propriety; rather, the Lord sanctifies them when aligned with right intention.

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

Although Śiva is ultimately beyond lineage and attributes (Nirguṇa), the Purāṇa presents Him as Saguna—participating in human conventions—so devotees can relate to Him personally and integrate worship with dharmic life.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse points to observing proper timing and procedure in sacred acts; as a takeaway, perform Śiva-pūjā and japa (e.g., pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with punctuality, purity, and respect for ritual order.