Shloka 14
गिरिजातपः-परीक्षा तथा सप्तर्षि-आह्वानम्
Girijā’s Austerity-Test and the Summoning of the Seven Sages
तपश्चरति देवेशी पार्वती गिरिजाऽधुना । गौरीशिखरसंज्ञे हि पार्वते दृढमानसा
tapaścarati deveśī pārvatī girijā'dhunā | gaurīśikharasaṃjñe hi pārvate dṛḍhamānasā
Kini Dewi Pārvatī, putri Gunung, menjalani tapa dengan tekad teguh di puncak bernama Gaurī-Śikhara, tertuju kepada Tuhan para dewa.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: The verse situates Pārvatī’s tapas at ‘Gaurī-Śikhara’; later Śaiva sthala traditions often map such peaks to Himālayan/Parvata tīrthas where Devī’s austerities are commemorated, but no explicit Jyotirliṅga identification is made here.
Significance: Remembering/visiting Devī’s tapas-sthāna is traditionally held to strengthen vrata, resolve (dṛḍha-manas), and devotion leading to Śiva’s anugraha.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
FAQs
It highlights steadfast tapas (disciplined inner striving) as a Shaiva means of purification and single-pointed devotion, by which the soul becomes fit for Shiva’s grace and union with the Pati (Lord).
Pārvatī’s focused austerity is directed to the personal Lord (Saguna Shiva) as Deva-īśa; such devotion commonly culminates in Shiva’s compassionate manifestation—often approached through Linga-worship as an accessible form of the Supreme.
The takeaway is disciplined tapas with firm resolve—supported by japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation on Shiva, and Shaiva observances such as bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and Rudrākṣa where appropriate.