Shloka 27

गिरिजाया तपोऽनुज्ञा

Permission for Girijā’s Austerities

Devanagari script

मातुराज्ञां च संप्राप्य सुव्रता मुनिसत्तम । ततः स्वांते सुखं लेभे पार्वती स्मृतशंकरा

Transliteration

māturājñāṃ ca saṃprāpya suvratā munisattama | tataḥ svāṃte sukhaṃ lebhe pārvatī smṛtaśaṃkarā

Translation

Ayant obtenu l’assentiment de sa mère, ô le plus excellent des sages, la vertueuse Pārvatī—se souvenant de Śaṅkara au fond de son cœur—goûta ensuite une profonde paix en son être intérieur.

Word by Word

• मातुः: of (her) mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• आज्ञाम्: command, permission
• आज्ञाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• संप्राप्य: having obtained/received
• संप्राप्य: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (prior action), अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable usage)

• सुव्रता: the virtuous (one), of good vows
• सुव्रता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective)

• मुनिसत्तम: O best of sages
• मुनिसत्तम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni-sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), क्रम/अनन्तरता (then/thereafter)

• स्वान्ते: in (her) own heart/mind
• स्वान्ते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुखम्: happiness, ease
• सुखम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• लेभे: obtained, found
• लेभे: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

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

• स्मृत-शंकरा: who had remembered Śaṅkara
• स्मृत-शंकरा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smṛta-śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘स्मृत’ + कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास; विशेषण (adjective)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Highlights antar-smaraṇa (inner recollection) of Śaṅkara as a direct source of inner sukha—pilgrimage internalized as ‘hṛdaya-tīrtha’.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It shows that true sukha arises when devotion becomes inward: Pārvatī’s steady remembrance of Śiva (Pati) settles the mind, aligning the soul (paśu) toward grace and union.

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

Though no outer Liṅga rite is described here, the verse highlights mānasa-bhakti—holding Śaṅkara in the heart—which complements Saguna worship of the Liṅga by making the mind itself a shrine.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Śiva-smaraṇa (remembrance) and japa: silently repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” while contemplating Śaṅkara in the heart, cultivating inner steadiness and peace.