Shloka 21

वसन्त-प्रभावः तथा काम-उद्दीपन-वर्णनम् | Spring’s Influence and the Arousal of Kāma

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र सखीभ्यां संयुता शिवा । जगाम शिवपूजार्थं नीत्वा पुष्पाण्यनेकशः

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare tatra sakhībhyāṃ saṃyutā śivā | jagāma śivapūjārthaṃ nītvā puṣpāṇyanekaśaḥ

Translation

त्याच वेळी तेथे शिवा (पार्वती) दोन सख्यांसह अनेक पुष्प घेऊन भगवान् शिवाच्या पूजेसाठी निघाली।

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: अधिकरण (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the meantime
• अन्तरे: अधिकरण (अधिकरण/Locative-time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; कालवाचक (time-locative)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (अधिकरण/Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• सखीभ्याम्: with two female friends
• सखीभ्याम्: सहकारक (सह/Association; instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), द्विवचन (Dual), स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• संयुता: joined, accompanied
• संयुता: कर्ता-विशेषण (कर्ता-विशेषण/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; विशेषण

• शिवा: Śivā (Pārvatī)
• शिवा: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: क्रिया (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शिव-पूजा-अर्थम्: for the purpose of worship of Śiva
• शिव-पूजा-अर्थम्: प्रयोजन (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अर्थ-शब्दः पुल्लिङ्ग; अत्र उद्देश्ये द्वितीया); तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी: शिवस्य पूजा + तस्य अर्थः)

• नीत्वा: having taken
• नीत्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नी (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: कर्म (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• अनेकशः: in abundance, many
• अनेकशः: क्रियाविशेषण (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक (adverb: in many ways/abundantly)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It highlights bhakti expressed through simple, sattvic offerings—Pārvatī approaches Śiva with reverence and purity, showing that devoted worship (pūjā) is a direct means of inner refinement and grace in the Shaiva path.

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

The act of bringing flowers for Śiva-pūjā reflects Saguna worship—approaching the Lord through a tangible form such as the Śiva-liṅga, where offerings like flowers become vehicles for devotion and focused contemplation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests simple Śiva-pūjā with flower offerings, ideally accompanied by mantra-japa such as the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to unite external worship with inward remembrance.