Shloka 49
पार्वत्याः यात्रासंस्कारः तथा पातिव्रत्योपदेशः / Preparations for Girijā’s Auspicious Journey and the Teaching on Pātivratya
तथैव चाटुवचनैः स्वेदसन्नोदनैः परैः । या प्रियं प्रीणयेत्प्रीता त्रिलोकी प्रीणता तया
tathaiva cāṭuvacanaiḥ svedasannodanaiḥ paraiḥ | yā priyaṃ prīṇayetprītā trilokī prīṇatā tayā
Likewise, by sweet, affectionate words and by other intimate services—such as soothing the perspiration—she who, being herself delighted, pleases her beloved; through her, the three worlds themselves become pleased.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s teaching as received in the Rudrasaṃhitā context)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
FAQs
It teaches that sincere love expressed through gentle speech and selfless service becomes spiritually potent—when devotion is pure, it harmonizes not only a relationship but the wider order of life, symbolically “pleasing the three worlds.”
In Shaiva practice, Saguna Shiva is approached through bhakti expressed as upacāra (loving services). The verse mirrors that principle: heartfelt care and reverent attention are forms of worship that please the Lord, just as careful service to the Linga is offered with devotion.
Adopt a daily bhakti-discipline of seva and gentle speech as an inner vrata; while doing japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), cultivate the same attentiveness and tenderness as an offering to Shiva in the heart.