Shloka 43

गिरिजाया तपोऽनुज्ञा

Permission for Girijā’s Austerities

Devanagari script

एवं तपः प्रकुर्वाणा पंचाक्षरजपे रता । दध्यौ शिवं शिवा तत्र सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

evaṃ tapaḥ prakurvāṇā paṃcākṣarajape ratā | dadhyau śivaṃ śivā tatra sarvakāmaphalapradam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ തപസ്സിൽ ഏർപ്പെട്ടു പഞ്ചാക്ഷരമന്ത്രജപത്തിൽ രതയായി, ശിവാ (പാർവതി) അവിടെ സർവ്വ ധർമ്മസമ്മത ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളുടെ ഫലം നൽകുന്ന ഭഗവാൻ ശിവനെ ധ്യാനിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), manner adverb (प्रकारवाचक)

• tapaḥ: austerity, penance
• tapaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• prakurvāṇā: doing, performing
• prakurvāṇā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि शतृ), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• paṃca-akṣara-jape: in five-syllable mantra-japa
• paṃca-akṣara-jape: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + akṣara (प्रातिपदिक) + japa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'in the japa of the five-syllabled (mantra)'

• ratā: engaged, devoted
• ratā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• dadhyau: meditated upon
• dadhyau: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhyai (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• śivam: Śiva
• śivam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• śivā: Śivā (Pārvatī)
• śivā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• sarva-kāma-phala-pradam: giver of the fruit of all desires
• sarva-kāma-phala-pradam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); multi-member tatpurusha: 'giver of fruits of all desires' qualifying śivam

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The verse is doctrinal rather than topographical: it culminates Pārvatī’s tapas in pañcākṣara-japa and Śiva-dhyāna, presenting Śiva as sarva-kāma-phala-prada (giver of fruits of rightful aims), without naming a Jyotirliṅga.

Significance: Affirms pañcākṣara-japa and Śiva-dhyāna as universally efficacious; the ‘fruit of all desires’ is ultimately read in Siddhānta as culminating in Śiva’s anugraha (liberating grace), not mere worldly boons.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: oṃ namaḥ śivāya

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It presents Pārvatī’s path as the Shaiva model of sādhana: tapas joined with pañcākṣara-japa and dhyāna on Pati (Śiva), showing that divine grace ripens both worldly dharmic aims and the higher aim of inner purification leading toward liberation.

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

The verse emphasizes meditation on Śiva as approachable and grace-giving (saguṇa upāsanā). In Purāṇic Shaiva practice, pañcākṣara-japa is commonly performed before the Śiva-liṅga, where mantra and form support steady dhyāna and devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Pañcākṣara-mantra japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) combined with tapas and dhyāna on Lord Śiva—ideally with Śiva-liṅga worship, rudrākṣa for japa, and bhasma/tripuṇḍra as supportive Shaiva disciplines.