Shloka 15

Daśa-Śivāvatāra-Nirūpaṇa

Enumeration of Ten Prime Manifestations of Śiva with Their Śaktis

Devanagari script

एतासामादिशक्तीनामद्भुतो महिमा मुने । सर्वकामप्रदो ज्ञेयस्तत्रंशास्त्रादिगर्भितः

Transliteration

etāsāmādiśaktīnāmadbhuto mahimā mune | sarvakāmaprado jñeyastatraṃśāstrādigarbhitaḥ

Translation

おお牟尼よ、これら根源のシャクティの偉大さはまことに驚異である。これを、あらゆる正しき目的を成就させ、その趣意がシャーストラと古き教えの精髄に深く宿るものと知れ。

Word by Word

• एतासाम्: of these
• एतासाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun—“of these”

• आदिशक्तीनाम्: of the primordial powers
• आदिशक्तीनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi + śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय-प्राय: “आद्याः शक्तयः”)

• अद्भुतः: wonderful
• अद्भुतः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• महिमा: greatness, majesty
• महिमा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahimā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• सर्वकामप्रदः: granting all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + kāma + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (“सर्वकामान् प्रददाति”)

• ज्ञेयः: should be known
• ज्ञेयः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (ज्ञा धातु) + ya (य)
• Form: कृदन्त (य-प्रत्ययार्थक), विधेय/कर्तव्यार्थ: “to be known”; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• तत्र: therein
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• अंशास्त्रादिगर्भितः: containing aṃśa-śāstra etc.
• अंशास्त्रादिगर्भितः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṃśa + śāstra + ādi + garbhita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (“अंश-शास्त्र-आदि-गर्भितः” = containing aṃśa-śāstra etc.)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Lalitā

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shakti

FAQs

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

It declares that the primordial Śaktis’ glory is not merely mythic but scripturally grounded, and that knowing their divine greatness supports both worldly well-being (dharma-artha-kāma) and the higher aim of liberation under Shiva’s sovereignty (Pati).

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

In Śaiva practice, Saguna Shiva is worshipped with Śakti inseparably present; the Linga signifies Shiva as the supreme reality, and the manifested powers (Śaktis) are the ways His grace operates—hence their ‘glory’ is said to be contained in the Śāstras.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse points to śāstra-based upāsanā: study with devotion, japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and contemplative remembrance that all attainments arise through Shiva’s power (Śakti) and grace.