Shloka 39

Jaṭilāvatāra-Parīkṣā: Pārvatyāḥ Tapasāṃ Parīkṣaṇam

The Jaṭilā Episode and the Testing of Pārvatī’s Austerity

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मचारिस्वरूपेण कश्चित्त्वं धूर्त आगतः । शिवनिन्दा कृता मूढ त्वया मन्युरभून्मम

Transliteration

brahmacārisvarūpeṇa kaścittvaṃ dhūrta āgataḥ | śivanindā kṛtā mūḍha tvayā manyurabhūnmama

Translation

ब्रह्मचारीचे रूप घेऊन तू धूर्तपणे येथे आला आहेस. अरे मूढा! तू शिवाची निंदा केलीस; तुझ्यामुळे माझ्या अंतःकरणात क्रोध उत्पन्न झाला आहे।

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मचारि-स्वरूपेण: in the form of a brahmacārin
• ब्रह्मचारि-स्वरूपेण: Karana (करण/Mode)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारि (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मचारिणः स्वरूपम्)

• कश्चित्: someone
• कश्चित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कश्चित् इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• धूर्तः: a rogue/deceiver
• धूर्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे अपि (हे मूढ इव)

• आगतः: has come
• आगतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आगत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु, आ-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विधेय-विशेषण

• शिव-निन्दा: slander of Śiva
• शिव-निन्दा: Karma (कर्म; object of ‘done’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + निन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य निन्दा)

• कृता: was done
• कृता: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘has been done’

• मूढ: O fool
• मूढ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ (कृदन्त; √मुह् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr̥ (कर्ता; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्तृकरणे (agent in passive)

• मन्युः: anger
• मन्युः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अभूत्: arose/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; अ-आगम

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Shiva (in a wrathful form addressing an offender)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Bhairava

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It warns that disguises and outward marks of renunciation are meaningless without inner devotion; Śiva-nindā (reviling Śiva) is a grave aparādha that binds the soul (paśu) more tightly in pāśa, obstructing grace and liberation.

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

Linga worship represents reverence for Śiva as the compassionate Pati accessible through saguna forms; this verse highlights that contempt toward Śiva (and by extension His symbols and worship) breaks the devotional relationship through which grace descends.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Guard speech and mind with daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and practice repentance (kṣamā-prārthanā) before the Śiva-liṅga; applying tripuṇḍra-bhasma and wearing rudrākṣa may be taken as supports only when joined with sincere bhakti.