Shloka 12

Devīkṛta-praśna-varṇana (Description of the Goddess’s Questions) / देवीकृतप्रश्नवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

दाक्षायणीन्तनुं त्यक्त्वा तव निन्दाप्रसंगतः । आसमद्य महेशान पुत्री हिमवतो गिरेः । कृपया परमेशान मंत्रदीक्षाविधानतः । मां विशुद्धात्मतत्त्वस्थां कुरु नित्यं महेश्वर

Transliteration

dākṣāyaṇīntanuṃ tyaktvā tava nindāprasaṃgataḥ | āsamadya maheśāna putrī himavato gireḥ | kṛpayā parameśāna maṃtradīkṣāvidhānataḥ | māṃ viśuddhātmatattvasthāṃ kuru nityaṃ maheśvara

Translation

ເພາະເຫດແຫ່ງການດູໝິ່ນພຣະອົງ ຂ້າໄດ້ລະທິ້ງຮ່າງຂອງ ດາກຊາຍະນີ ແລ້ວບັດນີ້ມາຫາພຣະອົງ ໂອ ມະເຫສານາ ໃນຖານະທິດາຂອງ ຮິມະວັດ ພູເຂົາໃຫຍ່. ດ້ວຍຄວາມເມດຕາ ໂອ ປະຣະເມສານາ ຕາມພິທີດິກຊາມັນຕຣາ ຂໍໃຫ້ຂ້າຕັ້ງຢູ່ເປັນນິດໃນສັດຈະອັນບໍລິສຸດແຫ່ງອາຕະມາ ໂອ ມະເຫສະວະຣາ.

Word by Word

• dākṣāyaṇīm: Dakshayani (Sati)
• dākṣāyaṇīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dākṣāyaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Acc. 2), Ekavacana (sg.)

• tanum: body
• tanum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (absolutive/gerund), pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Gen. 6), Ekavacana; pronoun

• nindā: censure
• nindā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nindā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana (as first member in compound)

• prasaṅgataḥ: from the occasion of (your) censure
• prasaṅgataḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Pañcamī vibhakti (Abl. 5), Ekavacana; nindā-prasaṅga = ‘occasion/context of censure’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ā-samadya: having approached
• ā-samadya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-sam-√ad (धातु)
• Form: Lyap/ktvā-artha avyaya (gerund), ‘having approached/come near’

• maheśāna: O Maheshana (Great Lord)
• maheśāna: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Voc.), Ekavacana

• putrī: daughter
• putrī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana

• himavataḥ: of Himavat
• himavataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen. 6), Ekavacana

• gireḥ: of the mountain
• gireḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen. 6), Ekavacana

• kṛpayā: by compassion
• kṛpayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instr. 3), Ekavacana

• parameśāna: O Supreme Lord
• parameśāna: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Voc.), Ekavacana

• mantra: mantra
• mantra: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, (compound member)

• dīkṣā: initiation
• dīkṣā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, (compound member)

• vidhānataḥ: according to/from the prescribed procedure
• vidhānataḥ: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Pañcamī (Abl. 5), Ekavacana; mantra-dīkṣā-vidhāna = ‘procedure of mantra-initiation’ (समाहार/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष chain)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana; pronoun

• viśuddha: pure
• viśuddha: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśuddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (compound member) past participle used adjectivally

• ātma: self
• ātma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (compound member)

• tattva: principle/reality
• tattva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (compound member)

• sthām: abiding in (that)
• sthām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana; -sthā (present participial adjective ‘standing/abiding’), viśuddha-ātma-tattva-sthā = ‘abiding in pure self-reality’ (तत्पुरुष chain)

• kuru: make/do
• kuru: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• maheśvara: O Maheshvara
• maheśvara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Voc.), Ekavacana

Speaker

Parvati (Uma), recalling her identity as Sati (Dakshayani) and praying to Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Sati (Dakshayani)
• Himavat

FAQs

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

Parvatī declares that after Satī’s self-abandonment due to Śiva’s insult, she has returned as Himavat’s daughter and seeks Śiva’s grace through mantra-dīkṣā—showing that liberation (being established in pure ātma-tattva) arises from devotion plus the Lord’s initiating grace.

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

By addressing Śiva as Maheśvara/Parameśāna and requesting mantra-initiation, the verse points to Saguna Śiva worship—approaching the Lord through a revealed mantra and regulated practice, which in Shaiva tradition is commonly centered on Śiva’s mantra and Linga-oriented devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It explicitly suggests mantra-dīkṣā (formal initiation) followed by steady mantra-japa and inner purification—aimed at abiding in viśuddha ātma-tattva (pure Self-principle) through Śiva’s continual grace.