Shloka 13

Kumārasya Krāuñcaparvatagamanam

Kumāra’s Departure to Mount Krāuñca

Devanagari script

तदा च गिरिजादेवी विरहं पुत्रसंभवम् । शंभुश्च परमं दुःखं प्राप तस्मिन्ननागते

Transliteration

tadā ca girijādevī virahaṃ putrasaṃbhavam | śaṃbhuśca paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāpa tasminnanāgate

Translation

ໃນເວລານັ້ນ ພຣະນາງກິຣິຈາເທວີ ເນື່ອງຈາກການພັດພາກ ຈຶ່ງເປັນເຫດໃຫ້ເກີດບຸດຊາຍ. ແລະພຣະສຳບູກໍໃນການທີ່ບຸດຍັງບໍ່ປາກົດ ໄດ້ຕົກຢູ່ໃນຄວາມໂສກອັນສູງສຸດ.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• गिरिजा-देवी: Gिरिजा Devī (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजा-देवी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (गिरिजा एव देवी)

• विरहम्: separation
• विरहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुत्र-सम्भवम्: arising due to (their) son
• पुत्र-सम्भवम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पुत्रस्य सम्भवः = arising from the son)

• शंभुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• परमम्: supreme/great
• परमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप: attained/experienced
• प्राप: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अनागते: when (he) had not come / in (his) absence
• अनागते: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनागत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; नञ्-समास/उपपद (अ- + आगत)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It presents viraha (sacred separation) as a divine līlā that intensifies devotion and ripens destiny—here becoming the occasion for the manifestation of the divine son, while also revealing Śiva’s compassionate participation in cosmic emotion for the welfare of beings.

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

Though Śiva is ultimately beyond sorrow as Nirguṇa, the Purāṇa shows him as Saguna Śambhu who participates in feeling; devotees approach the Liṅga as that accessible form where divine transcendence and immanence meet, and where longing is transformed into grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is viraha-bhakti: steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with inner remembrance during separation or hardship, offering the emotion to Śiva with Tripuṇḍra/bhasma and simple daily worship.