Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 25

कामविवाहवर्णनम् / Description of Kāma’s Marriage

Devanagari script

चक्रपद्मां चारुबाहुं मृणालशकलान्विताम् । भ्रूयुग्मविभ्रमव्राततनूर्मिपरिराजिताम्

Transliteration

cakrapadmāṃ cārubāhuṃ mṛṇālaśakalānvitām | bhrūyugmavibhramavrātatanūrmiparirājitām

Translation

അദ്ദേഹം അവളെ ഇങ്ങനെ വർണ്ണിച്ചു—ചക്രവും പദ്മവും എന്ന മംഗളലക്ഷണങ്ങൾ ഉള്ളവൾ; മനോഹരമായ ഭുജങ്ങളുള്ളവൾ; താമരനാരുപോലെ സൂക്ഷ്മമായ അലങ്കാരങ്ങളാൽ വിഭൂഷിത; കൂടാതെ ഇരട്ട ഭ്രൂകളുടെ ലളിതവിലാസത്തിൽ നിന്നുയരുന്ന സുകുമാര തരംഗങ്ങളെന്നപോലുള്ള കാന്തിയിൽ പരിരാജിത।

Word by Word

• चक्र-पद्माम्: (having) discus and lotus
• चक्र-पद्माम्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पद्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (चक्रं च पद्मं च—having discus and lotus) used adjectivally

• चारु-बाहुम्: with beautiful arms
• चारु-बाहुम्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक) + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (cāruḥ bāhuḥ yasyāḥ) used as bahuvrīhi-sense adjective

• मृणाल-शकल-अन्विताम्: adorned with pieces of lotus-stalk
• मृणाल-शकल-अन्विताम्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृणाल (प्रातिपदिक) + शकल (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; तत्पुरुषः (mṛṇālaśakalaiḥ anvitā)

• भ्रू-युग्म-विभ्रम-व्रात-तनू-ऊर्मि-परिराजिताम्: adorned by slender waves of a multitude of eyebrow-expressions
• भ्रू-युग्म-विभ्रम-व्रात-तनू-ऊर्मि-परिराजिताम्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रू (प्रातिपदिक) + युग्म (प्रातिपदिक) + विभ्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रात (प्रातिपदिक) + तनू (प्रातिपदिक) + ऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक) + परिराजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (parirājita = adorned/illuminated)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse uses sacred imagery—lotus, discus, and refined ornamentation—to indicate Satī’s divinity and auspiciousness, guiding devotees to contemplate the goddess as Shakti who reveals the grace-filled, Saguna presence that leads the soul toward Shiva.

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

In Shaiva practice, Saguna contemplation supports steadiness of mind: meditating on Satī’s auspicious marks and radiance complements Linga worship by focusing devotion on Shiva’s inseparable power (Shakti), through whom Shiva’s grace becomes accessible to the devotee.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple dhyāna (visual meditation) is implied: contemplate the lotus-like purity and the radiant charm of the देवी while repeating the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as a Saguna support for bhakti and inner concentration.