Shloka 42

आचार्य-धर्मलक्षण-श्रद्धाभक्तिप्राधान्यं तथा लिङ्गे ध्यान-पूजाविधानसंकेतः

Adhyaya 10

Devanagari script

चिरकालस्थितिं प्रेक्ष्य गिरौ देव्या महात्मनः देवि लब्धा पुरी रम्या त्वया यत्प्रष्टुमर्हसि

Transliteration

cirakālasthitiṃ prekṣya girau devyā mahātmanaḥ devi labdhā purī ramyā tvayā yatpraṣṭumarhasi

Translation

長きにわたり山に留まっていた大いなる心の女神を見、いま麗しき都を得たのを見て、主は言われた。「おおデーヴィーよ、いま汝が問うにふさわしいと思うことを、何なりと問うがよい。」

Word by Word

• चिरकाल-स्थितिम्: long abiding presence

• प्रेक्ष्य: having beheld/observed

• गिरौ: on the mountain

• देव्या: of the Goddess/by the Goddess

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one

• देवि: O Goddess

• लब्धा: obtained/attained

• पुरी: city

• रम्या: delightful, beautiful

• त्वया: by you/for you

• यत्: whatever

• प्रष्टुम्: to ask

• अर्हसि: you are entitled/fit (to do)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode; addressing the Goddess within the story)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames the sacred setting—mountain, Goddess, and an auspicious city—as a field sanctified by Shiva-Shakti, implying that right inquiry and devotion mature into a worthy place for Linga-oriented worship and revelation.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva-tattva is implied through the Goddess’s long, steady presence (śakti) that sanctifies the realm; in Shaiva Siddhanta, Pati (Shiva) is known through Śakti’s grace, which ripens the context for liberating knowledge.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The practice emphasized is praśna (reverent inquiry) as a preparatory limb of Pashupata-oriented discipline—approaching the divine in a consecrated place and asking what leads from pasha (bondage) toward Pati (the Lord).