Shloka 32

Sarasvatī-avatāra-prasaṅgaḥ

Account of Sarasvatī’s Manifestation and the Humbling of the Devas

Devanagari script

कालिका कमलावाणी मुखास्सर्वा हि शक्तयः । मदंशादेव संजातास्तथेमास्सकलाः कलाः

Transliteration

kālikā kamalāvāṇī mukhāssarvā hi śaktayaḥ | madaṃśādeva saṃjātāstathemāssakalāḥ kalāḥ

Translation

કાલિકા, કમલા અને વાણી—નિઃસંદેહ સર્વ દિવ્ય શક્તિઓ—મારા જ અંશમાંથી ઉત્પન્ન થઈ; તેમજ આ સર્વ કલાઓ અને ઊર્જાઓ પણ મારા જ ભાગમાંથી પ્રગટ થઈ છે।

Word by Word

• कालिका: Kālikā
• कालिका: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कमला-वाणी: Lakṣmī and Sarasvatī
• कमला-वाणी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमला (प्रातिपदिक) + वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन-भावार्थ/समाहार (collective sense); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: ‘कमला च वाणी च’ (Lakṣmī and Sarasvatī)

• मुखाः: faces; manifestations
• मुखाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अर्थे ‘नूनम्/खलु’ (indeed)

• शक्तयः: powers; goddesses (Śaktis)
• शक्तयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मत्-अंशात्: from my portion
• मत्-अंशात्: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मम अंशः’ → ‘मत्-अंश’ (my portion)

• एव: only; indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis particle (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• संजाताः: born; arisen
• संजाताः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘उत्पन्नाः’

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): ‘एवम्’

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सकलाः: entire; all
• सकलाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• कलाः: parts; aspects; kalās
• कलाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Goddess Umā (Pārvatī) speaking in doctrinal exposition within the Umāsaṃhitā context

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Kālī

Role: creative

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Kālikā
• Kamalā (Lakṣmī)
• Vāṇī (Sarasvatī)
• Śakti

FAQs

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

It teaches that all divine powers and faculties are not independent absolutes but arise from the Supreme Reality (Pati) through His/Her own śakti; recognizing this dissolves egoic ownership and turns the seeker toward the source for liberation.

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

In Linga-worship, devotees honor Shiva as the transcendent source from whom all śaktis and manifest kalās proceed; Saguna Shiva is worshiped as the compassionate Lord whose power appears as the various goddesses and functional energies sustaining the cosmos.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the one source of all śaktis while japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering the sense of doership into the Linga; this supports inner purification aligned with Shaiva Siddhanta.