Shloka 2

नारद–हिमालयसंवादवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा मुने गिरीशस्त्वां नत्वानर्च स नारद । आहूय च स्वतनयां त्वदङ्घ्र्योस्तामपातयत्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā mune girīśastvāṃ natvānarca sa nārada | āhūya ca svatanayāṃ tvadaṅghryostāmapātayat

Translation

O sage, seeing you, Girīśa (Lord Śiva) bowed to you and duly honored you, O Nārada. Then, calling his own daughter, he made her bow down at your feet.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having seen’

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• गिरीशः: Lord of the mountains (Śiva)
• गिरीशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘गिरिणाम् ईशः’

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

• नत्वा: having bowed
• नत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive), ‘having bowed’

• अनर्च: worshipped (duly)
• अनर्च: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः ‘अनु’ (अनु + अर्च्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नारद: O Nārada
• नारद: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• आहूय: having summoned
• आहूय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive), ‘having called/summoned’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्वतनयाम्: his own daughter
• स्वतनयाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + तनया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘स्वा तनया’ (one’s own daughter)

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of you/your’

• अङ्घ्र्योः: at (your) two feet
• अङ्घ्र्योः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्घ्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपातयत्: made (her) fall / placed (her) down
• अपातयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense with prefix ‘अप’ (अप + पत्): ‘caused to fall/placed down’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Narada
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva’s own ideal conduct: reverence toward realized sages and devotees. In Shaiva Siddhanta, such humility and honoring of the guru/devotee is a mark of divine grace (anugraha) and supports the soul’s progress toward liberation.

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

Though the verse is narrative, it reflects Saguna Śiva’s līlā—showing that devotion is not merely ritual but also right relationship: honoring the saintly and bowing to the divine presence in them, which is integral to Shiva-bhakti alongside Linga worship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice guru-bhakti and humility: offer respectful prostration (namaskāra) to saints and elders, and pair it with daily Shiva worship—japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as an inner expression of the same reverence.