Shloka 6

हिमालयगृहे नारदस्य आगमनम् तथा विश्वकर्मनिर्मितवैभववर्णनम् — Nārada’s Arrival at Himālaya’s Palace and the Description of Viśvakarman’s Marvels

Devanagari script

सहस्रस्तम्भसंयुक्तं विचित्रम्परमाद्भुतम् । वेदिकां च तथा दृष्ट्वा विस्मयं त्वं मुने ह्ययाः

Transliteration

sahasrastambhasaṃyuktaṃ vicitramparamādbhutam | vedikāṃ ca tathā dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ tvaṃ mune hyayāḥ

Translation

ആയിരം തൂണുകളാൽ സംയുക്തമായ, വിചിത്രവും പരമാദ്ഭുതവുമായ ആ വേദികയെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, ഹേ മുനേ, നീ തീർച്ചയായും വിസ്മയത്തിലാഴ്ന്നു।

Word by Word

• sahasra-stambha-saṃyuktam: joined with a thousand pillars
• sahasra-stambha-saṃyuktam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + stambha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सहस्र-स्तम्भैः संयुक्तम्), भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘saṃyukta’, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• vicitram: variegated; wondrous
• vicitram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vicitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• parama-adbhutam: supremely marvelous
• parama-adbhutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (परमम् अद्भुतम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• vedikām: the altar/platform
• vedikām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vedikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tathā: also; likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having seen’

• vismayam: astonishment
• vismayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (emphatic/indeed)

• ayāḥ: you went; you came
• ayāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु) → yā (धातु) → ayāḥ (तिङन्त)
• Form: लिट्/लुङ्-न (not); लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; √yā ‘to go’ with augment a-

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya, describing the sage’s reaction within the Parvati Khanda narrative)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Meditation on the ‘vedikā’ and cosmic order evokes temple-as-microcosm; wonder (vismaya) becomes a doorway from sensory grandeur to inner reverence.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights how sacred architecture and ritual space (the vedikā) can awaken reverent wonder, turning the mind from ordinary perception toward the recognition of Shiva’s divine order (śiva-tattva) manifest in form.

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

A richly constructed vedikā and many pillars imply an arranged, visible support for worship—an outer form that steadies the devotee’s attention, aligning with Saguna-oriented devotion that culminates in inner contemplation of Shiva beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is mindful darśana: approach the worship-space with purified attention, offer mental reverence, and steady the mind with mantra-japa (such as the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while contemplating the sanctity of the altar.