Shloka 40

गणसमागमः (Śiva Summons the Gaṇas for the Great Festival)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां तृतीये पार्वतीखण्डे यात्रावर्णनं नाम चत्वारिशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe yātrāvarṇanaṃ nāma catvāriśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീശിവമഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ ദ്വിതീയ ഭാഗമായ രുദ്രസംഹിതയുടെ തൃതീയ പാർവതീഖണ്ഡത്തിൽ ‘യാത്രാവർണ്ണനം’ എന്ന നാമമുള്ള നാല്പതാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध (discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative/iti-marker)

• श्रीशिवमहापुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्रीशिवमहापुराणे: अधिकरण (स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महापुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative

• द्वितीयायाम्: in the second
• द्वितीयायाम्: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; ordinal adjective agreeing with ‘संहितायाम्’

• रुद्रसंहितायाम्: in the Rudra-saṃhitā
• रुद्रसंहितायाम्: अधिकरण (स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; ordinal adjective agreeing with ‘खण्डे’

• पार्वतीखण्डे: in the Pārvatī-khaṇḍa section
• पार्वतीखण्डे: अधिकरण (स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यात्रावर्णनम्: the description of the journey
• यात्रावर्णनम्: सम्बन्ध/विषय (title/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (title-marker: ‘called’)

• चत्वारिंशः: fortieth
• चत्वारिंशः: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चत्वारिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ordinal ‘fortieth’ agreeing with ‘अध्यायः’

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: कर्ता/विषय (heading)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon verse marking the chapter conclusion (‘yātrāvarṇana’). No single shrine is specified here.

Significance: Signals the text’s framing as tīrtha/yātrā instruction; in Purāṇic reception, chapter-end colophons authenticate the māhātmya for recitation and merit.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; it emphasizes the Purāṇic method of preserving sacred teaching by clearly locating the teaching within Śiva’s revelation—here, the chapter on tīrtha-yātrā as a supportive means for purification and devotion toward Pati (Śiva).

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

By concluding a chapter titled “Description of Pilgrimage,” it implicitly points to the Shaiva practice of visiting Śiva-kṣetras and Liṅga shrines where Saguna worship (arcana, darśana, japa) is performed to steady bhakti and receive Śiva’s grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse itself is a closing formula, but the chapter title indicates tīrtha-yātrā combined with Shaiva observances—Liṅga-darśana, mantra-japa (especially pañcākṣarī), and disciplined worship as the practical takeaway.