Shloka 12

Kṛṣṇādi-Śivabhaktoddhāraṇa & Śiva-māhātmya-varṇana

Deliverance of Krishna and other devotees; Description of Shiva’s Greatness

Devanagari script

संप्राप्ते षोडशे मासि संतुष्टः परमेश्वरः । पार्वत्या सहितश्शंभुर्ददौ कृष्णाय दर्शनम्

Transliteration

saṃprāpte ṣoḍaśe māsi saṃtuṣṭaḥ parameśvaraḥ | pārvatyā sahitaśśaṃbhurdadau kṛṣṇāya darśanam

Translation

ಹದಿನಾರನೇ ಮಾಸವು ಬಂದಾಗ ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರನು ಸಂತುಷ್ಟನಾದನು. ಪಾರ್ವತಿಯೊಡನೆ ಶಂಭುವು ಕೃಷ್ಣನಿಗೆ ತನ್ನ ದಿವ್ಯ ದರ್ಶನವನ್ನು ಅನುಗ್ರಹಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) had arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संप्राप्त (सम्+प्र+आप् धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; लोके/काले सप्तमी (locative absolute sense: 'when ... had arrived')

• षोडशे: in the sixteenth
• षोडशे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'month')

• मासि: month
• मासि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• संतुष्टः: satisfied
• संतुष्टः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संतुष्ट (सम्+तुष् धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally)

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः

• पार्वत्या: with Pārvatī
• पार्वत्या: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सहितः: accompanied (together)
• सहितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (सह धातु/निपात; क्त-प्रत्यय, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'सह' अर्थे क्तान्त (accompanied)

• शंभुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• कृष्णाय: to Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णाय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• दर्शनम्: vision, appearance
• दर्शनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umapati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga foundation story; it is a darśana-anugraha episode where Śiva, pleased by prolonged tapas, appears with Pārvatī to grant vision.

Significance: Darśana of Śiva with Pārvatī is portrayed as the fruit of sustained sādhana culminating in grace; reinforces that final attainment is bestowed (anugraha), not merely produced.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Parvati

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Krishna

FAQs

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

It highlights the Shaiva Siddhanta emphasis on Śiva’s anugraha (grace): when devotion and tapas mature in time, Parameśvara, along with Śakti (Pārvatī), reveals Himself through darśana—an experiential confirmation that the Lord is the liberating Pati who responds to sincere surrender.

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

Darśana here points to Saguna revelation—Śiva making Himself perceptible to the devotee. In Linga-worship, the same truth is approached through a consecrated form; the Linga becomes the focal support through which the devotee receives Śiva’s presence and, by grace, inner awakening.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is steady, time-tested devotion: daily Linga-pūjā with pañcākṣarī japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), vibhūti/tripuṇḍra and rudrākṣa (as per capacity), and sustained vrata or tapas—seeking not spectacle but the Lord’s pleased grace culminating in darśana.