Shloka 104

Puṣkara Sacrifice: Gāyatrī’s Marriage, Sāvitrī’s Wrath, Rudra’s Test, and the Tīrtha-Māhātmya

Devanagari script

सती या दक्षतनया उमेति पार्वती शुभा । त्रैलोक्यसुंदरी देवी स्त्रीणां सौभाग्यदायिनी

Transliteration

satī yā dakṣatanayā umeti pārvatī śubhā | trailokyasuṃdarī devī strīṇāṃ saubhāgyadāyinī

Translation

ဒက္ခ၏ သမီးဖြစ်ခဲ့သော စတီ—သူမတည်းဟူသော အုမာ အမင်္ဂလာကင်းသော ပါရဝတီဖြစ်သည်။ သုံးလောက၏ အလှတရားတော် ဒေဝီ၊ မိန်းမတို့အား ကံကောင်းခြင်းနှင့် သုခမင်္ဂလာ ပေးသနားသူ ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• सती: Satī
• सती: Karta/Pratipādya (Subject/topic/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; √as ‘to be’ + शतृ/ङीप्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (देवी-नाम)

• या: who
• या: Sambandha (Relative link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (relative pronoun)

• दक्षतनया: daughter of Dakṣa
• दक्षतनया: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa-tanayā (प्रातिपदिक; दक्ष + तनया)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘दक्षस्य तनया’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• उमा: Umā
• उमा: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• इति: thus; called
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यादि-उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative particle)

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (पार्वती/देवी इत्यस्य विशेषण)

• त्रैलोक्यसुंदरी: beauty of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यसुंदरी: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trai-lokya-sundarī (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + लोक्य + सुन्दरी)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘त्रैलोक्यस्य सुन्दरी’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: Karta/Pratipādya (Subject/topic/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• स्त्रीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्

• सौभाग्यदायिनी: giver of good fortune
• सौभाग्यदायिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saubhāgya-dāyinī (प्रातिपदिक; सौभाग्य + दायिनी)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (‘सौभाग्यं ददाति’), णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (देवी इत्यस्य विशेषण)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicitly indicated in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shringara

Geographic Context

Type: mountain

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: उमेति = उमा + इति; त्रैलोक्यसुंदरी = त्रैलोक्य + सुन्दरी (compound).

Characters & Entities

• Satī
• Dakṣa
• Umā
• Pārvatī
• Devī

FAQs

Who is identified in this verse as Satī, Umā, and Pārvatī?

The verse identifies one goddess in multiple names and life-phases: Satī (Dakṣa’s daughter) and her later identity as Umā/Pārvatī, emphasizing a single divine continuity.

What does “Trailokya-sundarī” imply in Padma Purana usage?

“Trailokya-sundarī” means “the beauty of the three worlds,” presenting the Goddess as supremely radiant and revered across all realms (heaven, earth, and the netherworlds).

What ethical or devotional teaching is implied by calling her “saubhāgya-dāyinī”?

By describing her as the giver of saubhāgya (auspicious well-being, especially marital felicity), the verse encourages reverence toward the Goddess as a compassionate source of protection, harmony, and благоприятность in household life.