Shloka 56

सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle

Devanagari script

चिक्रीडाते बहुविधे कैलासे हिमवद्गिरौ । अन्यस्थलेषु च तदा परब्रह्मस्वरूपिणौ

Transliteration

cikrīḍāte bahuvidhe kailāse himavadgirau | anyasthaleṣu ca tadā parabrahmasvarūpiṇau

Translation

Then those two—whose true essence is the Supreme Brahman—sported in many ways upon Kailāsa in the Himavat mountains, and likewise at other places at that time.

Word by Word

• चिक्रीडाते: (they two) play/sport
• चिक्रीडाते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: krīḍ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, Present), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), Dual (द्विवचन)

• बहु-विधे: in manifold/various (ways/places)
• बहु-विधे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with kailāse (locative) as qualifier

• कैलासे: on/in Kailāsa
• कैलासे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• हिमवत्-गिरौ: on Himavat mountain
• हिमवत्-गिरौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himavat (प्रातिपदिक) + giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); 'on the mountain of Himavat'

• अन्य-स्थलेषु: in other places
• अन्य-स्थलेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक) + sthala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), temporal adverb (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• पर-ब्रह्म-स्वरूपिणौ: (the two) having the nature of the Supreme Brahman
• पर-ब्रह्म-स्वरूपिणौ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन); adjective qualifying the pair (Satī-Śiva)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Kailāsa is invoked as the divine abode where the Supreme (parabrahma-svarūpa) couple sports; this is a locus of līlā rather than a Jyotirliṅga origin.

Significance: Darśana/ स्मरण of Kailāsa is held to purify and orient the devotee toward Śiva’s transcendence and immanence; the verse supports tīrtha-smaraṇa as a bhakti practice.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It presents Śiva and Śakti (here as Śiva with Satī) as simultaneously manifest in divine play (līlā) and established in the highest reality, Parabrahman—teaching that liberation is grounded in recognizing the Lord’s transcendence even within sacred, personal forms.

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

By calling them “parabrahma-svarūpa,” the verse supports Saguna worship (Śiva approachable through form, place, and līlā—like Kailāsa) while affirming that the same Lord is ultimately Nirguna/Paramārthika, which is also signified by the Liṅga as the formless Absolute made worshipful.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Contemplate Śiva as Parabrahman while performing Saguna devotion—e.g., japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with inner remembrance that the playful Lord of Kailāsa is the very Supreme Reality.