Shloka 39

कामभस्म-प्रार्थना: रत्याः शङ्करं प्रति विनयः / Rati’s Supplication to Śaṅkara regarding Kāma’s Ashes

Devanagari script

जय स्वभक्तसत्कामप्रदेश करुणाकर । जय सानन्दसद्रूप जय मायागुणाकृते

Transliteration

jaya svabhaktasatkāmapradeśa karuṇākara | jaya sānandasadrūpa jaya māyāguṇākṛte

Translation

ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഹേ കരുണാകരാ, നിന്റെ ഭക്തരുടെ സത്കാമങ്ങൾ പ്രസാദിക്കുന്നവനേ! ജയം നിനക്കേ, ആനന്ദപൂർണ്ണ സത്-സ്വരൂപനേ! ജയം നിനക്കേ, മായാഗുണങ്ങളാൽ ലോകഹിതാർത്ഥം രൂപവും പ്രവർത്തിയും ധരിച്ചാലും ബന്ധനാതീതനായ ഈശ്വരനേ।

Word by Word

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात; अव्यय

• स्वभक्तसत्कामप्रदेश: O granter of good desires to your devotees
• स्वभक्तसत्कामप्रदेश: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व+भक्त+सत्काम+प्रदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः (बहु-तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला): स्वभक्तानां सत्कामानां प्रदेशः/प्रदायकः इति भावः (one who grants/dispenses good desires to his devotees)

• करुणाकर: O source of compassion
• करुणाकर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करुणा+आकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: करुणायाः आकरः (mine/source of compassion)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात; अव्यय

• सानन्दसद्रूप: O blissful true-formed one
• सानन्दसद्रूप: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स+आनन्द+सत्+रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः: आनन्देन सह (सानन्द) च सत्-रूपः (true form)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात; अव्यय

• मायागुणाकृते: O embodiment of Māyā’s qualities
• मायागुणाकृते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया+गुण+आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः): मायायाः गुणानां आकृतिः/रूपम्; सम्बोधन-रूपेण

Speaker

Parvati (as a hymn of praise to Lord Shiva)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not tied to a single jyotirliṅga; emphasizes Śiva’s karuṇā (grace) toward bhaktas and His governance of māyā-guṇas without being bound—core Siddhānta soteriology.

Significance: Encourages bhakti grounded in right desire (satkāma) and trust in Śiva’s compassionate bestowal; supports the Siddhānta path where anugraha cuts pāśa.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: जय स्वभक्तसत्कामप्रदेश करुणाकर । जय सानन्दसद्रूप जय मायागुणाकृते

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Maya

FAQs

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

It declares Shiva as both the compassionate bestower of devotees’ pure aims and the transcendent Reality—blissful, true Being—who is not bound by Māyā even while governing it.

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

The verse supports Saguna worship by praising Shiva’s manifest, grace-giving aspect (the Lord who responds to bhakti), while also affirming his higher, blissful Sat-svarūpa—often contemplated through the Linga as the sign of the beyond-form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Bhakti-centered japa and stuti: chant the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with the attitude of surrender, asking only “sat-kāma” (pure aims) and meditating on Shiva as blissful Being beyond the guṇas.