Shloka 19

शिवस्यार्द्धनारीनरावतारवर्णनम्

Description of Shiva’s Ardhanārī-nara Manifestation

Devanagari script

सर्वासामेव शक्तीनां त्वत्तः खलु समुद्भवः । तस्मात्त्वं परमां शक्तिं प्रार्थयाम्यखिलेश्वरीम्

Transliteration

sarvāsāmeva śaktīnāṃ tvattaḥ khalu samudbhavaḥ | tasmāttvaṃ paramāṃ śaktiṃ prārthayāmyakhileśvarīm

Translation

Indeed, the origin of all śaktis arises from You alone. Therefore I pray to You—the Supreme Power, the Sovereign Lady of all—grant me Your grace.

Word by Word

• sarvāsām: of all
• sarvāsām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), emphatic particle (निपात/अवधारण)

• śaktīnām: of powers/energies
• śaktīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tvattaḥ: from you
• tvattaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• khalu: indeed, surely
• khalu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: khalu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) indicating certainty/emphasis

• samudbhavaḥ: origin, arising
• samudbhavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject; ‘origin’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samud + √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Kṛt: ghañ (घञ्) action noun (भाववाचक), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (हेतु/therefore)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative-form used adverbially (तस्मात्), indeclinable sense ‘therefore/from that’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karma (कर्म/object of request; addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• śaktim: power, energy
• śaktim: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• prārthayāmi: I request, I pray for
• prārthayāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√arth (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Uttama-puruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• akhileśvarīm: the Lady of all (the universe)
• akhileśvarīm: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन in sense; here as appositive object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akhila + īśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अखिलस्य ईश्वरी)

Speaker

A devotee/narrated prayer within Suta Goswami’s discourse (invocation to the Supreme Shakti as inseparable from Shiva)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Shakti

FAQs

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

It affirms that every śakti—worldly ability, spiritual power, and liberating grace—proceeds from the Supreme Divine (Shiva-Shakti). The seeker therefore turns from limited powers to the highest Śakti, asking for anugraha (grace) that leads toward liberation.

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

In Linga worship, Shiva is adored as the Supreme Pati (Lord), and Shakti as His inseparable power of manifestation and grace. This verse supports Saguna upāsanā by directing prayer to the Divine as the personal Sovereign (Akhileśvarī), the source behind all manifest energies.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A direct practice is heartfelt japa and prayer—especially Panchakshara japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") with the contemplation that all śaktis arise from the Supreme, concluding with a humble request for divine grace; it may be paired with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha as Shaiva devotional supports.