Shloka 6

वसन्त-प्रभावः तथा काम-उद्दीपन-वर्णनम् | Spring’s Influence and the Arousal of Kāma

Devanagari script

सकामोद्दीपनकरं कोकिलाकलकूजितम् । आसीदति सुरम्यं हि मनोहरमतिप्रियम्

Transliteration

sakāmoddīpanakaraṃ kokilākalakūjitam | āsīdati suramyaṃ hi manoharamatipriyam

Translation

そこは欲情をかき立てる景で、コーキラ鳥の甘く妙なるさえずりに満ち、まことにこの上なく麗しく、心を魅し、見る者に最も愛でられた。

Word by Word

• स- काम- उद्दीपन- करम्: causing the arousal of desire (with love)
• स- काम- उद्दीपन- करम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्यय ‘सह’) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्दीपन (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (कूजितम्/तत्) इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कोकिला-कल-कूजितम्: the sweet cooing of cuckoos
• कोकिला-कल-कूजितम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोकिला (प्रातिपदिक) + कल (प्रातिपदिक) + कूजित (कृदन्त; √कूज् (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘कूजित’ (cooing) as noun/adjectival substantive; अर्थः—‘कोकिलानां कलं कूजितम्’

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अति: very/exceedingly
• अति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/prefix)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय; समासे पूर्वपदं (intensifier ‘very’)

• सुरम्यम्: very delightful
• सुरम्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (कूजितम्) इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• मनोहरम्: charming
• मनोहरम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (कूजितम्) इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अति-प्रियम्: very dear
• अति-प्रियम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (कूजितम्) इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse uses sensuous spring-like beauty to show how powerful worldly attraction can be—setting the backdrop for the Shaiva teaching that true fulfillment comes when such impulses are mastered and redirected into devotion (bhakti) and tapas toward Pati (Shiva).

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

By portraying enchanting external beauty, the text contrasts outer charm with the higher, stabilizing focus of Saguna Shiva worship—where the mind is gathered from sense-objects and placed on Shiva (often through Linga-upasana) as the supreme refuge.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is sense-restraint (indriya-nigraha) supported by Shiva-japa—especially the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—so the mind does not scatter in alluring environments but turns steadily toward Shiva.