Shloka 4
गृहस्थ-जीवनसंस्काराः तथा पुत्रजन्म-शुभलक्षणवर्णनम् / Household Saṃskāras and the Auspicious Portents of a Son’s Birth
ततः पुंसवनन्तेन स्यन्दनात्प्राग्विपश्चिता । गृह्योक्तविधिना सम्यक्कृतम्पुंस्त्वविवृद्धये
tataḥ puṃsavanantena syandanātprāgvipaścitā | gṛhyoktavidhinā samyakkṛtampuṃstvavivṛddhaye
Thereafter, before her pregnancy became outwardly evident, the wise woman duly performed the Puṃsavana rite as taught in the Gṛhya-sūtras, for the proper growth and well-being of the male-generative principle and of the child.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
FAQs
It emphasizes that a Shaiva householder supports spiritual life through dharma—performing samskāras with purity and right method—so that family life becomes a disciplined foundation for devotion to Shiva.
Though the verse is about a domestic rite, in the Shiva Purana such dharmic observances are typically integrated with Saguna Shiva worship—daily reverence to Shiva (often via the Linga) sanctifies life-cycle rites and aligns the household with Shiva’s auspicious order.
It points to performing the puṃsavana samskāra according to Gṛhya procedure; a Shaiva takeaway is to accompany such rites with Shiva-smaraṇa (remembrance), mantra-japa like “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and sattvic discipline.