Shloka 14

नारद–हिमालयसंवादवर्णनम्

Nārada and Himālaya: Discourse on Pārvatī’s Signs and Destiny

Devanagari script

न मृषा नारदवचस्त्विति संचिन्त्य सा शिवा । स्नेहं शिवपदद्वन्द्वे चकाराति हृदा तदा

Transliteration

na mṛṣā nāradavacastviti saṃcintya sā śivā | snehaṃ śivapadadvandve cakārāti hṛdā tadā

Translation

Réfléchissant : «Les paroles de Nārada ne sont pas mensongères», cette Devī bénie, alors, de tout son cœur, fixa une dévotion aimante et intense sur la paire des pieds de Śiva.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• mṛṣā: falsely; untrue
• mṛṣā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mṛṣā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• nārada-vacaḥ: Narada's word/speech
• nārada-vacaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject of implied 'is')
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक) + vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नारदस्य वचः)

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधसूचक-निपात (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• saṃcintya: having considered
• saṃcintya: Kriyā (क्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-cint (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), परस्मैपदी; 'having reflected/considered'

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (pronoun)

• śivā: Śivā (Pārvatī)
• śivā: Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (proper noun/epithet)

• sneham: affection; love
• sneham: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sneha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śiva-pada-dvandve: in the pair of Śiva's feet
• śiva-pada-dvandve: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + pada (प्रातिपदिक) + dvandva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुषः) — 'शिवस्य पदयोः द्वन्द्वे' (in the pair of Śiva's feet)

• cakāra: did; placed; made
• cakāra: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ati: very; exceedingly
• ati: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपसर्ग/निपात (intensifier: very/excessively)

• hṛdā: with (her) heart
• hṛdā: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (काल/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; it depicts bhakti-lakṣaṇa: trusting Nārada’s testimony and fixing love at Śiva’s feet—an archetype for pilgrimage as ‘pāda-sevā’ in the heart.

Significance: Implied fruit: steadfast devotion (niṣṭhā) and eligibility for Śiva’s grace (anugraha) through śaraṇāgati at the Lord’s feet.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It highlights śaraṇāgati (surrender) expressed as devotion to Śiva’s feet—an inner turning of the heart from doubt to steadfast bhakti, which in Shaiva Siddhanta becomes a doorway to grace (anugraha) and liberation.

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

Devotion to Śiva’s feet implies loving orientation to Saguna Śiva—worshipping the manifest Lord through reverence, service, and remembrance; this same bhakti is commonly expressed in Liṅga-pūjā as offering and contemplative focus on Śiva’s presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is heartfelt japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with mental prostration at Śiva’s feet, sustaining affectionate remembrance (smaraṇa-bhakti) during daily worship.