Shloka 18

वैवाहिकानुष्ठानसमापनं दानप्रशंसा च / Completion of Wedding Rites and Praise of Gifts

Dāna

Devanagari script

वासगेहं सम्प्रविश्य मुमुहुः कामिनीवराः । प्रसंशन्त्यस्स्वभाग्यानि पश्यन्तः परमेश्वरम्

Transliteration

vāsagehaṃ sampraviśya mumuhuḥ kāminīvarāḥ | prasaṃśantyassvabhāgyāni paśyantaḥ parameśvaram

Translation

Entering the dwelling, those excellent women were overwhelmed with rapture; beholding Parameśvara, Lord Śiva, they praised their own good fortune.

Word by Word

• वासगेहम्: the residence/house
• वासगेहम्: कर्म/अधिकरण (Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास-गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: वासस्य गेहम् (dwelling-house)

• सम्प्रविश्य: having entered
• सम्प्रविश्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Converbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having entered’

• मुमुहुः: they were overwhelmed
• मुमुहुः: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदी; ‘they became bewildered/fainted’

• कामिनीवराः: the best women
• कामिनीवराः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामिनी-वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: वराः कामिन्यः (excellent women)

• प्रसंशन्त्यः: praising
• प्रसंशन्त्यः: कर्ता (Karta—concurrent action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय (present participle, parasmaipada sense), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘praising’

• स्वभाग्यानि: their own good fortune
• स्वभाग्यानि: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: स्वस्य भाग्यानि (their own fortunes)

• पश्यन्तः: seeing
• पश्यन्तः: कर्ता (Karta—concurrent action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘seeing’

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: परमः ईश्वरः (Supreme Lord)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Darśana of Parameśvara produces devotional rapture and gratitude; the verse frames ‘seeing Śiva’ as a direct conduit of grace (anugraha) that awakens self-recognition of blessedness.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights darśana of Parameśvara as a direct cause of inner transformation: the mind is overwhelmed not by delusion, but by devotional awe, leading naturally to gratitude and praise—an expression of bhakti that ripens toward Śiva’s grace (anugraha).

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

It reflects the Shaiva Purana emphasis on Saguna Śiva—Śiva as personally knowable and worshipable—where seeing (darśana) and honoring the Lord’s presence (including in liṅga-worship) awakens devotion and the sense of auspiciousness that supports spiritual progress.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to seek Śiva-darśana daily—through liṅga pūjā, focused viewing of the liṅga or Śiva’s form, and inward remembrance with the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), cultivating reverent awe and gratitude.