Shloka 25

प्रस्थान-विरह-विलापः

Departure and Lament in Separation

Devanagari script

ततो भुक्त्वा च ते देवा नानारत्न विभूषिताः । सस्त्रीकास्सगणास्सर्वे प्रणेमुश्चंद्रशेखरम्

Transliteration

tato bhuktvā ca te devā nānāratna vibhūṣitāḥ | sastrīkāssagaṇāssarve praṇemuścaṃdraśekharam

Translation

પછી ભોજન કરીને નાનારત્નાભૂષણોથી શોભિત થયેલા તે દેવો, પોતાની પત્નીઓ અને ગણો સહિત સર્વે ચંદ્રશેખર શિવને પ્રણામ કરવા લાગ્યા।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• bhuktvā: having eaten
• bhuktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• te: those
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• nānāratna: adorned with various jewels (lit. various-jewel)
• nānāratna: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā (अव्यय) + ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः कर्मधारयः; विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (stem used adjectivally), प्रथमा बहुवचन (agreeing with devāḥ)

• vibhūṣitāḥ: adorned
• vibhūṣitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + bhūṣ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• sa-strīkāḥ: with their wives/women
• sa-strīkāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह) + strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुषः (सह-तत्पुरुषः: ‘with women’), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (agreeing with devāḥ)

• sa-gaṇāḥ: with their groups/retinues
• sa-gaṇāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुषः (सह-तत्पुरुषः: ‘with attendants/retinues’), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• praṇemuḥ: bowed down
• praṇemuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + nam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• caṃdraśekharam: to Chandrasekhara (Śiva)
• caṃdraśekharam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdraśekhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुषः (चन्द्रः शेखरः यस्य/चन्द्र-शेखरः), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmi

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devas

FAQs

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

It highlights that even the devas, despite splendor and status, attain auspiciousness through humility—partaking of grace and then offering praṇāma to Śiva, the supreme Pati, the giver of protection and liberation.

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

The verse models Saguna devotion—reverent bowing to Chandrashekhara as a personal, approachable Lord. In practice, the same attitude is carried to Liṅga worship: after naivedya and upacāras, devotees conclude with namaskāra and surrender.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple takeaway is to complete worship with gratitude and praṇāma: offer naivedya, remember Śiva as Chandrashekhara, and bow while repeating the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as an act of śaraṇāgati (surrender).