Shloka 8

नन्दिकेश्वरावताराभिषेकविवाहवर्णनम्

Nandikeśvara: Incarnation, Consecration, and Marriage—Description

Devanagari script

उत्थाय परमेशानः पस्पर्श परमार्तिहा । कराभ्यां संमुखाभ्यान्तु संगृह्य वृषभध्वजः

Transliteration

utthāya parameśānaḥ pasparśa paramārtihā | karābhyāṃ saṃmukhābhyāntu saṃgṛhya vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

Translation

Then Parameśāna—Śiva, the supreme Lord and remover of all affliction—rose and gently touched him. Bearing the bull as His emblem, He drew him close, taking him with both hands from the front.

Word by Word

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having risen’

• परमेशानः: the Supreme Lord (Parameśāna)
• परमेशानः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: परमः ईशानः

• पस्पर्श: touched
• पस्पर्श: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• परमार्तिहा: destroyer of supreme distress
• परमार्तिहा: Samanadhikarana (समानाधिकरण/apposition to ‘परमेशानः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-आर्ति-हन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: परमा आर्तिः + हा (हन्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘destroyer’)

• कराभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• कराभ्याम्: Karana (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन (Dual)

• संमुखाभ्याम्: front-facing
• संमुखाभ्याम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) / विशेषणरूपेण, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन (Dual); ‘facing/front’ qualifying ‘कराभ्याम्’

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; contrast/emphasis)

• संगृह्य: having grasped
• संगृह्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having grasped/held’

• वृषभध्वजः: he whose banner is the bull
• वृषभध्वजः: Karta (कर्ता/subject; epithet of Śiva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ-ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: वृषभः ध्वजः यस्य (as epithet)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva as paramārtihā—the remover of deep existential suffering—showing that liberation begins with the Lord’s compassionate grace, not merely personal effort.

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

The verse emphasizes Saguna Śiva’s approachable, personal grace: the Lord physically “touches” and “draws close,” mirroring how devotees approach Śiva through the Linga and receive His protecting presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as Vṛṣabhadhvaja and paramārtihā while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), visualizing the Lord drawing you out of sorrow into His shelter.