Shloka 54

दुर्गोपवीत-रचना तथा शिवामलङ्कारोत्सवः | The Making of the Durgopavīta and Pārvatī’s Auspicious Adornment Festival

Devanagari script

त्रैलोक्यलक्ष्म्या संवीतौ निरीक्षन्तौ परस्परम् । तदा नीराजितौ लक्ष्म्यादिभिस्स्त्रीभिर्विशेषतः

Transliteration

trailokyalakṣmyā saṃvītau nirīkṣantau parasparam | tadā nīrājitau lakṣmyādibhisstrībhirviśeṣataḥ

Translation

Revêtus de l’éclat de la prospérité des trois mondes, tous deux se regardèrent l’un l’autre. Alors, d’une manière particulière, Lakṣmī et d’autres dames célestes leur offrirent l’honneur rituel de l’ārati.

Word by Word

• त्रैलोक्य-लक्ष्म्या: by/with the fortune of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य-लक्ष्म्या: Karana (करणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/हेतु), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रैलोक्यस्य लक्ष्मीः) — Feminine, Instrumental singular

• संवीतौ: clad/covered
• संवीतौ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + वे (धातु) → संवीत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — Past passive participle used adjectivally; Masculine, Nominative dual

• निरीक्षन्तौ: looking
• निरीक्षन्तौ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + ईक्ष् (धातु) → निरीक्षन्त् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — Present active participle; Masculine, Nominative dual

• परस्परम्: at each other / mutually
• परस्परम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (परस्परम् = mutually; adverb)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• नीराजितौ: worshipped with ārati / honored
• नीराजितौ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नी + राज् (धातु) → नीराजित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — Past passive participle; Masculine, Nominative dual

• लक्ष्मी-आदिभिः: by Lakṣmī and others
• लक्ष्मी-आदिभिः: Karana (करणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समाहार/समुच्चयार्थे ‘आदि’ — Instrumental plural; ‘lakṣmī and others’

• स्त्रीभिः: by women
• स्त्रीभिः: Karana (करणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Feminine, Instrumental plural

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic adverb: especially/particularly)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Lalitā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Lakshmi

FAQs

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

It presents śrī (auspicious splendour) as naturally gravitating toward the Divine and expressing devotion through reverent service—here shown as ceremonial nīrājana—affirming bhakti as a dignified mode of honoring the Lord.

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

Nīrājana (ārati) is a Saguna-upāsanā expression—worship offered to the manifest, approachable form of the Divine (including the Śiva-liṅga), where light symbolizes conscious reverence directed toward Shiva’s auspicious presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform nīrājana/ārati with a lamp as part of Śiva-pūjā, cultivating steady mutual “beholding” (nirīkṣaṇa) as devotional contemplation—keeping the mind fixed on Shiva’s auspicious form while offering light.