Shloka 11

नारद–हिमालयसंवादवर्णनम्

Nārada and Himālaya: Discourse on Pārvatī’s Signs and Destiny

Devanagari script

योगी नग्नोऽगुणोऽकामी मातृतातविवर्जितः । अमानोऽशिववेषश्च पतिरस्याः किलेदृशः

Transliteration

yogī nagno'guṇo'kāmī mātṛtātavivarjitaḥ | amāno'śivaveṣaśca patirasyāḥ kiledṛśaḥ

Translation

“He is a yogin—naked, beyond the guṇas, free from desire, and without mother or father. He seeks no honor and wears an inauspicious-looking guise. Is such a one truly to be her husband?”

Word by Word

• yogī: a yogi
• yogī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (योगिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• nagnaḥ: naked
• nagnaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nagna (नग्न प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन), qualifying yogī

• aguṇaḥ: without qualities
• aguṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-guṇa (अगुण प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन), qualifying yogī

• akāmī: desireless
• akāmī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kāmin (अकामिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन), qualifying yogī

• mātṛ-tāta-vivarjitaḥ: devoid of mother and father
• mātṛ-tāta-vivarjitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mātṛ (मातृ प्रातिपदिक) + tāta (तात प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (विवर्जित प्रातिपदिक; from vi+vṛj/varj धातु, क्त)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘devoid of mother and father’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन), qualifying yogī

• amānaḥ: without pride/self-regard
• amānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-māna (अमान प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन), qualifying yogī

• aśiva-veṣaḥ: one with an odd/inauspicious guise
• aśiva-veṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-śiva (अशिव प्रातिपदिक) + veṣa (वेष प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘inauspicious/strange attire’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन), appositional to yogī

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चयः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• patiḥ: husband
• patiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (पति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular (एकवचन)

• kila: indeed/it is said
• kila: Prayojaka-nipāta (निपातार्थः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kila (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), indicating report/indeed

• īdṛśaḥ: such (like this)
• īdṛśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛśa (ईदृश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन), predicative adjective to patiḥ/yogī

Speaker

Himālaya (as Pārvatī’s father), expressing doubt about Śiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Bhikṣāṭana

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It contrasts worldly measures of status with Śiva’s transcendent nature: as Pati (the Lord), he is beyond guṇas and desire, indicating that true divinity is recognized by liberation (vairāgya) rather than external appearance.

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

The verse highlights that Śiva may appear outwardly ‘aśiva’ (unconventional), yet he is the supreme Pati; Linga worship trains the devotee to see the formless-nirguṇa reality through a saguna symbol, moving from form to transcendence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate yogic detachment and honor Śiva’s ascetic ideal through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), wearing vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) and meditating on Śiva as desireless consciousness beyond the three guṇas.