Shloka 42

Svagati-varṇana

Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment

Devanagari script

भगवानथ सुप्रीतश्शंकरः परमेश्वरः । वाण्या मधुरया प्रीत्या मामाह प्रहसन्निव

Transliteration

bhagavānatha suprītaśśaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ | vāṇyā madhurayā prītyā māmāha prahasanniva

Translation

そのとき、福徳なる主—シャンカラ、至上の主（パラメーシュヴァラ）—は大いに満悦し、慈愛の歓びをもって、甘美なる声で、あたかもほほえむかのように私に語りかけられた。

Word by Word

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/अनन्तर्य-बोधक), ‘then/thereupon’

• suprītaḥ: very pleased
• suprītaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: suprīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘well-pleased’

• śaṃkaraḥ: Śaṅkara
• śaṃkaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• parameśvaraḥ: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘paramaḥ īśvaraḥ’)

• vāṇyā: with speech/voice
• vāṇyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• madhurayā: sweet
• madhurayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (vāṇyāḥ)

• prītyā: with affection
• prītyā: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/हेतु), एकवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āha: said
• āha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• prahasan: smiling
• prahasan: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-has (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘smiling/laughing’

• iva: as if
• iva: Upamā (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमा/सादृश्य), ‘as if/like’

Speaker

An unnamed narrator addressing the account (within Umāsaṃhitā), reporting Lord Shiva’s words

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Śiva’s pleased speech signifies ‘prasāda’—the experiential mark of anugraha; pilgrims seek this inner assurance more than external merit.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights Pati (Śiva) as compassionate and responsive: when devotion ripens, the Lord becomes “suprīta” and reveals guidance through gracious, sweet speech—showing divine grace as central to liberation in a Shaiva Siddhanta tone.

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

The verse emphasizes Saguna Śiva—Śaṅkara as Parameśvara who can be pleased and who communicates with devotees. Linga worship is a primary means to cultivate that devotion and receive the Lord’s grace and instruction.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate devotion that pleases Śiva: daily Linga-pūjā with humility, japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and steady remembrance—so the mind becomes receptive to the Lord’s inner guidance.