Shloka 2

पार्वतीबाल्यलीलावर्णनम् — Description of Pārvatī’s Childhood/Birth Festivities

Devanagari script

अरिष्टशय्यां परितस्सद्विसारिसुतेजसा । निशीथदीपा विहतत्विष आसन्नरं मुने

Transliteration

ariṣṭaśayyāṃ paritassadvisārisutejasā | niśīthadīpā vihatatviṣa āsannaraṃ mune

Translation

ഹേ മുനേ, ആ അരിഷ്ടശയ്യയെ ചുറ്റും ക്രൂരവും വൈരഭാവമുള്ളതുമായ തേജസ് ജ്വലിച്ചു. നിശീഥദീപങ്ങളും അതിന്റെ കാന്തിയിൽ ക്ഷതപ്രഭയായി സമീപത്ത് മങ്ങിയതും ശക്തിഹീനമായതും പോലെ നിന്നു.

Word by Word

• अरिष्टशय्याम्: a bed of misfortune/ill-omen (i.e., wretched bed)
• अरिष्टशय्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिष्ट + शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• परितः: around
• परितः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परितः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपसर्गसदृश/क्रियाविशेषण, सर्वतः (around)

• सत्: good/true
• सत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण (as first member in compound)

• विसारि: spreading
• विसारि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विसारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक (in compound), विशेषण; अर्थः ‘विसारयति इति’ (spreading/diffusing)

• सुतेजसा: with good/brilliant radiance
• सुतेजसा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• निशीथदीपा: lamp-like in the dead of night
• निशीथदीपा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशीथ + दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• विहतत्विषा: with luster destroyed/dimmed
• विहतत्विषा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + हन् (धातु) + त्विष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘त्विष्’ = चमक; विशेषण/हेतुवाचक (by/with diminished luster)

• आसन्नरम्: near/approaching (uncertain reading)
• आसन्नरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसन्नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (text uncertain; taken as ‘near/approaching’)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Bhairava

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: The ominous radiance and dimmed lamps evoke bhaya and apāya (danger) motifs often used to intensify reliance on Śiva as protector; encourages devotees to seek refuge when worldly lights fail.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Kālī

Role: destructive

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse uses the imagery of an “ill-omened bed” and lamps losing their glow to signal a turning point where ordinary supports fail; in a Shaiva Siddhanta reading, such portents push the soul (paśu) away from reliance on transient conditions and toward refuge in Pati—Shiva—whose grace alone dispels inner darkness.

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

The dimming of external lamps implies that worldly light is insufficient; Saguna Shiva—worshipped through the Liṅga with mantra and devotion—becomes the true “lamp” for the devotee, guiding the mind from fear and obscurity toward steadiness and auspiciousness through divine presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to intensify japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and maintain purity with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as supports for steadiness when signs of anxiety or darkness arise, treating Shiva as the inner light beyond changing external conditions.