Shloka 14

Kṛṣṇādi-Śivabhaktoddhāraṇa & Śiva-māhātmya-varṇana

Deliverance of Krishna and other devotees; Description of Shiva’s Greatness

Devanagari script

दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं भक्तिनम्रैस्सुरासुरैः । प्रणतं च विशेषेण नानाभूषणभूषितम्

Transliteration

divyamālyāmbaradharaṃ bhaktinamraissurāsuraiḥ | praṇataṃ ca viśeṣeṇa nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitam

Translation

He was clad in divine garlands and heavenly garments, and the devas and asuras—humbled by devotion—bowed to Him. In a special manner He was reverently worshipped, adorned with many kinds of ornaments.

Word by Word

• divya-mālya-ambara-dharam: wearing divine garlands and garments
• divya-mālya-ambara-dharam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + mālya (प्रातिपदिक) + ambara (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘wearing divine garlands and garments’

• bhakti-namraiḥ: humble with devotion
• bhakti-namraiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + namra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘humble through devotion’

• sura-asuraiḥ: by gods and demons
• sura-asuraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण) / Agent in passive (कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); itaretara-dvandva (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)

• praṇatam: bowed down (to)
• praṇatam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √nam (धातु)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); past participle (क्त) ‘bowed down’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय-निपात), conjunction

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tṛtīyā-ekavacana used adverbially (तृतीया-अव्ययीभाव), manner adverb

• nānā-bhūṣaṇa-bhūṣitam: adorned with many ornaments
• nānā-bhūṣaṇa-bhūṣitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣita (प्रातिपदिक; from √bhūṣ/भूष्)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘adorned with various ornaments’; bhūṣita is kta-participle

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights Shiva as the Supreme Pati who draws all beings—devas and asuras alike—into humility through bhakti; surrender (praṇāma) before the Lord is presented as the doorway to grace and inner purification.

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

By describing divine garments, garlands, and ornaments, the verse emphasizes Saguna Shiva—Shiva approachable through form and devotion—supporting temple and Linga worship where devotees offer flowers, garlands, and reverent salutations as outward signs of inner surrender.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice devoted praṇāma to Shiva (prostration with remembrance), and offer flowers/garlands with the attitude of humility; mentally contemplate Shiva’s auspicious form while repeating a Shiva mantra such as the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya).