Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 29

कुमाराभिषेकवर्णनम् — Description of Kumāra’s Abhiṣeka

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Devanagari script

उपगुह्य गुहं तत्र पार्वती जातसंभ्रमा । प्रस्नुतं पाययामास स्तनं स्नेहपरिप्लुता

Transliteration

upaguhya guhaṃ tatra pārvatī jātasaṃbhramā | prasnutaṃ pāyayāmāsa stanaṃ snehapariplutā

Translation

Là, Pārvatī, saisie d’une émotion soudaine, étreignit Guha et, submergée d’amour maternel, le fit boire le lait qui s’épanchait de son sein.

Word by Word

• उपगुह्य: having embraced
• उपगुह्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), धातु: गुह्; उपसर्ग: उप

• गुहम्: Guha (Kumāra)
• गुहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; स्कन्द/कार्त्तिकेय-नाम

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जातसंभ्रमा: whose excitement had arisen
• जातसंभ्रमा: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात-संभ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: यस्याः संभ्रमः जातः सा

• प्रस्नुतम्: flowing forth
• प्रस्नुतम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-स्नु (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘प्रस्रुत/प्रवाहित’

• पाययामास: made (him) drink / fed
• पाययामास: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (Causative) — पाययति; परस्मैपद

• स्तनम्: breast
• स्तनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• स्नेहपरिप्लुता: overflowing with affection
• स्नेहपरिप्लुता: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नेह-परिप्लुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समास: स्नेहेन परिप्लुता (pervaded/overflowing with affection)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Kartikeya

FAQs

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

The verse highlights Śakti’s anugraha (grace) in a tender, accessible form: the Divine Mother’s compassion nurtures and strengthens the divine child, showing that divine care is not abstract but personally sustaining for devotees and the cosmic order.

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

In Saguna devotion, Shiva is worshipped together with Śakti; Parvatī’s maternal act expresses the inseparable unity of Śiva-Śakti. It supports household-style bhakti—seeing the Divine as present in loving relationships—while the Liṅga remains the stable symbol of Śiva’s transcendent reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is bhakti-bhāva (devotional contemplation): meditate on Parvatī’s compassion while chanting the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating surrender and trust in Śiva-Śakti’s protective grace (rather than a specific bhasma/rudrākṣa rite in this verse).