Shloka 26

Devanagari script

यथा पद्मालया विष्णोस्सावित्री च यथा मम । तथा सहचरीं शंभो कांतां गृह्णीष्व संप्रति

Transliteration

yathā padmālayā viṣṇossāvitrī ca yathā mama | tathā sahacarīṃ śaṃbho kāṃtāṃ gṛhṇīṣva saṃprati

Translation

“Just as Padmālayā (Lakṣmī) is to Viṣṇu, and just as Sāvitrī is to me (Brahmā), so too—O Śambhu—accept now a beloved consort, a constant companion for Yourself.”

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Upamāna-marker (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानबोधक अव्यय (comparative: as/just as)

• पद्मालया: Padmālayā (Lakshmi)
• पद्मालया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म + आलया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘पद्मस्य आलया’ = lotus-dwelling; Lakṣmī)

• विष्णोः: of Vishnu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सावित्री: Savitri
• सावित्री: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Upamāna-marker (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानबोधक अव्यय (as)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: so/in the same way
• तथा: Upamāna-correlative (तथा-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तुल्यताबोधक अव्यय (so/in the same way)

• सहचरीम्: companion (female)
• सहचरीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहचरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शंभो: O Shambhu
• शंभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कान्ताम्: beloved (woman)
• कान्ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सहचरीम्’ इत्यस्य अपि विशेष्य/समनाधिकरण

• गृह्णीष्व: accept/take
• गृह्णीष्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• संप्रति: now
• संप्रति: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संप्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time: now/at present)

Speaker

Brahmā

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu
• Lakshmi
• Brahma
• Savitri

FAQs

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

The verse highlights that the Lord’s manifest (saguṇa) play in the world is fulfilled through Śiva’s acceptance of Śakti as His companion—showing that grace, protection of dharma, and guidance to beings arise through their divine unity.

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

While the Liṅga signifies Śiva beyond form (nirguṇa), this verse emphasizes Śiva’s saguṇa aspect—where the Lord accepts a consort for cosmic order. Devotion may be offered to the Liṅga as Śiva Himself, while also honoring Śakti as inseparable from His manifested worship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to worship Śiva with the awareness of Śiva–Śakti unity—chanting the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering bilva leaves, and meditating on the Liṅga as the auspicious Lord whose grace operates in the world through Śakti.