Shloka 27

दिव्य-भवन-छत्र-निर्माणः तथा देवसमाह्वानम्

Divine Pavilion and Canopy; Summoning the Gods

Devanagari script

अत्र स्थित्वा जगत्सर्वं पालय त्वं विशेषतः । नानावतारभेदैश्च सदा नानोति कर्तृभिः

Transliteration

atra sthitvā jagatsarvaṃ pālaya tvaṃ viśeṣataḥ | nānāvatārabhedaiśca sadā nānoti kartṛbhiḥ

Translation

Abiding here, you must especially protect this entire universe—ever by means of many distinct incarnations and through many different agents who carry out your work.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्थित्वा: having remained
• स्थित्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having stood/remained’

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2 विभक्ति), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2 विभक्ति), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; विशेषण (qualifier of जगत्)

• पालय: protect
• पालय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन — Imperative, 2nd sg; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1 विभक्ति), एकवचन — Nominative, Singular (2nd person pronoun)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्या/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

• नाना: various
• नाना: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: various)

• अवतार-भेदैः: by differences of incarnations
• अवतार-भेदैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवतार + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3 विभक्ति), बहुवचन — Instrumental, Plural; समासः: अवतारस्य भेदाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• नानोत्: variously (uncertain reading)
• नानोत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नानोत् (अव्यय)
• Form: पाठभेद/दुर्बोध-रूप; सम्भाव्यं ‘नानात्वम्/नानातः’ इत्यर्थे अव्ययप्रयोगः (uncertain form; likely ‘in various ways’)

• कर्तृभिः: by agents/doers
• कर्तृभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3 विभक्ति), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a shrine narrative; it is a cosmic-administrative instruction: preservation (sthiti) of jagat through avatāra-bheda and delegated agents (kartṛ).

Significance: Frames the legitimacy of divine ‘agency’—protective interventions and appointed instruments—supporting dharma-protection as sacred service.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord who sustains the cosmos—working through manifold forms and instruments, showing that divine grace operates both directly (Saguna presence) and through ordered cosmic agency.

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

The verse supports Saguna understanding: though Shiva is ultimately beyond attributes, he protects the worlds through manifest forms and functions. Linga-worship trains devotion to the ever-present Lord who pervades and governs all realms while remaining transcendent.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is steady Shiva-upāsanā—daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with Tripuṇḍra bhasma and Rudrākṣa—cultivating surrender so one recognizes Shiva’s protection working through life’s many “agents.”