Shloka 5
पार्वतीबाल्यलीलावर्णनम् — Description of Pārvatī’s Childhood/Birth Festivities
तच्छुद्धान्तचरायाशु पुत्रीजन्म सुशंसते । सितातपत्रं नादेयमासीत्तस्य महीभृतः
tacchuddhāntacarāyāśu putrījanma suśaṃsate | sitātapatraṃ nādeyamāsīttasya mahībhṛtaḥ
内宮を行き来するうち、娘君の御誕生はほどなく吉祥として宣せられた。その地上の王にとって、白き王傘—主権のしるし—はもはや旧来のままに掲げられることはなく、神なる女性の宿命の到来とともに、古き徴は新たな段階へと移ったのである。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: teaching
FAQs
It signals the auspicious advent of the Divine Feminine (Shakti) in the royal line—an event that prepares the world for Shiva–Shakti union, a core Shaiva Siddhanta theme where grace (anugraha) arises through the harmony of Pati (Shiva) and Shakti.
Parvati’s appearance is the narrative foundation for Saguna Shiva’s household līlā: devotion culminates in Shiva’s manifest marital form, and later the Linga is worshiped with Shakti as inseparable—Shiva as consciousness and Shakti as power.
A practical takeaway is to honor Shakti alongside Shiva in worship—recite the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with a devotional resolve (bhāva), and offer simple, sattvic worship acknowledging Shiva–Shakti non-separation.