Shloka 35

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

Dāna

Devanagari script

अहल्योवाच । वृद्धावस्थाम्परित्यज्य ह्यतीव तरुणो भव । येन मेनानुमन्येत त्वां सुतार्पितमानसा

Transliteration

ahalyovāca | vṛddhāvasthāmparityajya hyatīva taruṇo bhava | yena menānumanyeta tvāṃ sutārpitamānasā

Translation

Ahalyā said: “Casting off old age, become exceedingly youthful, so that Menā—her heart fully offered to her daughter—may consent to you.”

Word by Word

• अहल्या: Ahalyā
• अहल्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहल्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वृद्धावस्थाम्: old age
• वृद्धावस्थाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध + अवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वृद्धस्य अवस्था)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे ल्यप् (Gerund/ल्यप्), उपसर्गयुक्त

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

• अतीव: very, exceedingly
• अतीव: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb/intensifier)

• तरुणः: young
• तरुणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘त्वम्’ (अध्याहृत) इति विशेषण

• भव: become
• भव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• येन: by which / so that
• येन: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-अर्थे

• मेना: Menā
• मेना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अनुमन्येत: may approve / consent
• अनुमन्येत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + मन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, मध्यमपुरुष-प्रयोग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• सुतार्पितमानसा: she whose mind is well devoted (to you)
• सुतार्पितमानसा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + त + अर्पित + मानसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्या मानसं सुतु/सुष्ठु अर्पितम्) — ‘मेना’ इति विशेषण

Speaker

Ahalyā

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Menā

FAQs

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

It shows how even divine outcomes unfold through dharma and social propriety—securing the mother’s consent—while the deeper Shaiva view is that Shiva’s leela harmonizes inner destiny with outer right conduct.

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

The verse belongs to the leela-context of Saguna Shiva, where the Lord participates in worldly norms (youth, suitability, consent) while remaining the transcendent Pati; devotees learn to honor both devotion and dharmic process.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

No direct rite is prescribed, but the takeaway is to cultivate inner purity and auspiciousness before major vows—supported in Shaiva practice by japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and maintaining sāttvika discipline.