Shloka 56

पार्वत्याः यात्रासंस्कारः तथा पातिव्रत्योपदेशः / Preparations for Girijā’s Auspicious Journey and the Teaching on Pātivratya

Devanagari script

दृष्टिम्विलुप्य भर्त्तुर्या कश्चिदन्यं समीक्षते । काणा च विमुखी चापि कुरूपापि च जायते

Transliteration

dṛṣṭimvilupya bhartturyā kaścidanyaṃ samīkṣate | kāṇā ca vimukhī cāpi kurūpāpi ca jāyate

Translation

もし女が夫に背を向け、ほかの男を見つめるなら、その視の正しさを失う。やがて片目となり、顔はねじれて背き、さらには醜き姿となることさえある。

Word by Word

• dṛṣṭim: sight/eye
• dṛṣṭim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• vilupya: having taken away
• vilupya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + lup (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having deprived/destroyed)

• bhartuḥ: of (her) husband
• bhartuḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ (relative pronoun)

• kaścit: someone
• kaścit: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite pronoun)

• anyam: another (man)
• anyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• samīkṣate: looks at
• samīkṣate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• kāṇā: one-eyed
• kāṇā: Visheshya (विशेष्य/प्रातिपदिकार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• vimukhī: turned away/averse
• vimukhī: Visheshya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• kurūpā: ugly
• kurūpā: Visheshya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kurūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• jāyate: becomes/is born
• jāyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the Purāṇic teaching within the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches indriya-nigraha (restraint of the senses) and grihastha-dharma: fidelity and purity of intention protect inner clarity, while disordered desire leads to spiritual and psychological decline, portrayed as bodily affliction.

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

In Shaiva practice, devotion to Saguna Shiva (as the Linga) steadies the mind and redirects desire toward the Pati (Shiva) as the supreme refuge; moral discipline becomes a support for bhakti and for the purity required in Linga-worship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is vrata-like restraint with japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), along with mental purity before worship—using bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and focused remembrance of Shiva to guard the gaze and the mind.