Shloka 13

शिवस्यार्द्धनारीनरावतारवर्णनम्

Description of Shiva’s Ardhanārī-nara Manifestation

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा परमोदारं स्वभावमधुरं वचः । पृथक्चकार वपुषो भागाद्देवीं शिवां शिवः

Transliteration

ityuktvā paramodāraṃ svabhāvamadhuraṃ vacaḥ | pṛthakcakāra vapuṣo bhāgāddevīṃ śivāṃ śivaḥ

Translation

Having spoken those supremely generous words, sweet by His very nature, Lord Śiva separated from a portion of His own body the auspicious Goddess Śivā.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having said’

• परम-उदारम्: most noble
• परम-उदारम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + उदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (परमं च तत् उदारं च)

• स्वभाव-मधुरम्: sweet by nature
• स्वभाव-मधुरम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वभाव + मधुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (स्वभावेन मधुरम्)

• वचः: speech, words
• वचः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीतिवाचक (adverb)

• चकार: made, did
• चकार: Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वपुषः: of (his) body
• वपुषः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भागात्: from a portion
• भागात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शिवाम्: auspicious; Śivā
• शिवाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (देवीम्)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana account to the sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Ardhanārīśvara

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: cosmogonic differentiation of Śakti from Śiva for ordered creation

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devi Shiva (Shiva-Shakti)

FAQs

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

It affirms the Shaiva principle that Śiva is never without Śakti: the Lord’s compassionate will manifests the Divine Power as the Goddess, showing how grace and auspiciousness arise for the world through Shiva–Shakti.

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

Linga worship honors Śiva as the supreme reality along with His inherent Śakti; this verse narratively depicts that inseparable unity—Saguna Śiva manifests the Goddess for cosmic activity while remaining the transcendent Lord.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva–Shakti unity while chanting the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and in pūjā offer bilva leaves to the Linga with the understanding that worship reaches both Śiva and His Śakti together.