Shloka 53

गिरिराजस्य शिवनिमन्त्रणम् / The Mountain-King Invites Śiva

Hospitality to Śiva and the Devas

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां तृतीये पार्वती खण्डे शिवयात्रावर्णनं नाम त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatī khaṇḍe śivayātrāvarṇanaṃ nāma tripañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the fifty-third chapter, called “The Description of Śiva’s Pilgrimage,” in the third section—the Pārvatī-khaṇḍa—of the second division, the Rudra-saṃhitā, of the revered Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• śrī-śiva-mahā-purāṇe: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-śiva-mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound used as locus: ‘in the Śrī-Śiva-Mahāpurāṇa’

• dvitīyāyām: in the second
• dvitīyāyām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying ‘saṃhitāyām’

• rudra-saṃhitāyām: in the Rudrasaṃhitā
• rudra-saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in the Rudra-saṃhitā’

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying ‘khaṇḍe’

• pārvatī: of Pārvatī
• pārvatī: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitival)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; used as first member relation to ‘khaṇḍe’ (pārvatyāḥ khaṇḍe)

• khaṇḍe: in the section
• khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in the section/part’

• śiva-yātrā-varṇanam: (the chapter titled) ‘Description of Śiva’s journey’
• śiva-yātrā-varṇanam: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य/predicate-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; title-compound ‘description of Śiva’s journey’

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/title marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय) used as title-marker ‘named/called’ (नाम-प्रयोग)

• tri-pañcāśattamaḥ: fifty-third
• tri-pañcāśattamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + pañcāśat (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal ‘fifty-third’ qualifying ‘adhyāyaḥ’

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon (iti) marking the closure of the chapter; no kṣetra/Jyotirliṅga narrative is specified here.

Significance: Textual ‘darśana’: reciting/remembering the colophon is traditionally treated as completing the parāyaṇa with saṅkalpa-siddhi (completion merit).

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

This is a concluding colophon marking the completion of the chapter on Śiva’s yātrā; it sanctifies the narration and frames pilgrimage and remembrance of Shiva as merit-giving supports to devotion and liberation-oriented living.

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

By naming the chapter focused on Shiva’s yātrā, it points toward Saguna Shiva worship through sacred places and narratives—where devotees approach Shiva through tangible forms, tīrthas, and devotional hearing, which in Shaiva Siddhanta matures into grace (anugraha).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The immediate takeaway is śravaṇa (devotional listening) and smaraṇa (remembrance) of Shiva’s sacred acts; in practice this is commonly paired with pilgrimage intent, japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and tīrtha-oriented worship of the Liṅga.