Shloka 46

नन्दिकेश्वरावताराभिषेकविवाहवर्णनम्

Nandikeśvara: Incarnation, Consecration, and Marriage—Description

Devanagari script

एवं कृतविवाहोऽहं तया पत्न्या महामुने । पादौ ववन्दे शम्भोश्च शिवाया ब्रह्मणो हरेः

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛtavivāho'haṃ tayā patnyā mahāmune | pādau vavande śambhośca śivāyā brahmaṇo hareḥ

Translation

Thus, after my marriage was duly performed with that wife, O great sage, I bowed at the feet of Śambhu (Śiva) and of Śivā (the Divine Goddess), and also of Brahmā and Hari (Viṣṇu).

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• kṛta-vivāhaḥ: having performed marriage / married
• kṛta-vivāhaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (√kṛ, धातु; क्त-कृदन्त) + vivāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव: ‘कृतः विवाहः यस्य’ (married)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tayā: with her / by her
• tayā: Sahakāraka (सह/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• patnyā: with (my) wife
• patnyā: Sahakāraka (सह/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mahā-mune: O great sage
• mahā-mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘महान् मुनिः’

• pādau: (the two) feet
• pādau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), द्विवचन (Dual)

• vavande: I bowed / I saluted
• vavande: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vand (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष? actually उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थ: ‘वन्दे/अवन्दिषम्’ (I bowed)

• śambhoḥ: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• śambhoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

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

• śivāyāḥ: of Śivā (Pārvatī)
• śivāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (here deity Brahmā, treated as masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hareḥ: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hareḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

A narrator-devotee speaking to a great sage within the Shatarudra Saṃhitā dialogue (disciple addressing a Mahāmuni)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Brahma
• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It teaches that life transitions (like marriage) should be sanctified by surrender—bowing at the divine feet—placing one’s household life under dharma and devotion, with Śiva-Śivā as the highest refuge in a Shaiva Siddhanta spirit.

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

Bowing to Śambhu points to Saguna upāsanā—approaching Śiva through reverence and personal relationship. In practice, this is mirrored by bowing before the Śiva-liṅga, offering water/flowers, and concluding worship with namaskāra at the Lord’s feet.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple takeaway is daily namaskāra with Panchākṣarī japa—mentally bowing while repeating “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and (where customary) wearing rudrākṣa and applying tripuṇḍra as outward supports for inner humility and remembrance.