Shloka 27

अध्याय ४९ — विवाहानुष्ठाने ब्रह्मणः काममोहः

Brahmā’s Enchantment by Desire during the Wedding Rites

Devanagari script

चक्षूंष्यग्नी रविस्सोमः केशा मेघास्तव प्रभो । नक्षत्रतारकाद्याश्च ग्रहाश्चैव विभूषणम्

Transliteration

cakṣūṃṣyagnī ravissomaḥ keśā meghāstava prabho | nakṣatratārakādyāśca grahāścaiva vibhūṣaṇam

Translation

O Lord, Your eyes are Fire, the Sun, and the Moon; Your hair is the mass of clouds. The constellations, stars, and the planets are indeed Your adornments.

Word by Word

• चक्षूंषि: eyes
• चक्षूंषि: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; nominative plural

• अग्नी: (two) fires / fire (as a pair)
• अग्नी: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; nominative dual (Vedic/poetic dual usage)

• रविः: the Sun
• रविः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; nominative singular

• सोमः: the Moon / Soma
• सोमः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; nominative singular

• केशाः: hair
• केशाः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; nominative plural

• मेघाः: clouds
• मेघाः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; nominative plural

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; genitive singular

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; vocative singular

• नक्षत्र-तारका-आद्याः: (those) beginning with stars and constellations
• नक्षत्र-तारका-आद्याः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तारका (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; nominative plural; ‘आद्य’ = ‘beginning with’ (ādi-śabda)

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

• ग्रहाः: planets
• ग्रहाः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; nominative plural

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• विभूषणम्: ornament
• विभूषणम्: Viśeṣya/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; nominative singular (predicate nominative)

Speaker

Pārvatī

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: चक्षूंष्यग्नी रविस्सोमः केशा मेघास्तव प्रभो । नक्षत्रतारकाद्याश्च ग्रहाश्चैव विभूषणम्

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva as the indwelling Lord (Pati) whose cosmic body includes the luminaries and elements, teaching that devotion matures into the vision that all worlds and powers rest in Him.

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

The verse supports Saguna-upāsanā: while the Liṅga is the concentrated symbol of Shiva’s transcendence, this hymn expands that same Shiva into a cosmic form—Sun, Moon, Fire, clouds, stars—so the devotee worships the One Lord both in the Liṅga and in the universe.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple dhyāna is implied: during japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplate Sun, Moon, and Fire as Shiva’s eyes and the stars as His ornaments—cultivating reverence and non-separateness in daily worship, especially on Mahāśivarātri.