Shloka 6

गृहस्थ-जीवनसंस्काराः तथा पुत्रजन्म-शुभलक्षणवर्णनम् / Household Saṃskāras and the Auspicious Portents of a Son’s Birth

Devanagari script

अथातश्शुभतारासु ताराधिपवराननः । केन्द्रे गुरौ शुभे लग्ने सुग्रहेषु युगेषु च

Transliteration

athātaśśubhatārāsu tārādhipavarānanaḥ | kendre gurau śubhe lagne sugraheṣu yugeṣu ca

Translation

ယခုဆိုလျှင်—နက္ခတ်များ မင်္ဂလာရှိသောအခါ၊ ကြယ်တို့၏အရှင် လသည် တောက်ပ၍ အထောက်အကူဖြစ်သောအခါ၊ ဂုရု (ဗြဟ္စပတိ) သည် ကောင်းမွန်သော ကේန္ဒြအနေအထား၌ ရှိသောအခါ၊ လဂ္နာသည် သုဘဖြစ်သောအခါ၊ ဂြိုဟ်များနှင့် ၎င်းတို့၏ ပေါင်းစည်းမှုများကလည်း ကောင်းမြတ်သောအခါ—ထိုအချိန်၌ သီဝဘုရားကို အာရုံပြုသော သန့်ရှင်းသည့် ရှైవပူဇာ/ကర్మကို ဆောင်ရွက်သင့်သည်။

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: then/now)

• अतः: therefore/thereafter
• अतः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: therefore/from this)

• शुभतारासु: in auspicious stars (asterisms)
• शुभतारासु: अधिकरण (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ + तारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: शुभा तारा (कर्मधारय); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• ताराधिपवराननः: he whose face is excellent like the lord of stars (moon-faced)
• ताराधिपवराननः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारा + अधिप + वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: ताराधिपस्य वरम् आननं यस्य सः (बहुव्रीहि); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• केन्द्रे: in the kendra (angular position)
• केन्द्रे: अधिकरण (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• गुरौ: when Jupiter (Guru) is (there)
• गुरौ: अधिकरण (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लग्ने: at the ascendant (lagna)
• लग्ने: अधिकरण (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• सुग्रहेषु: when the planets are favorable
• सुग्रहेषु: अधिकरण (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सु-ग्रह (कर्मधारय/उपसर्गपूर्वपद); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• युगेषु: in conjunctions/periods
• युगेषु: अधिकरण (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shaiva worship is strengthened when performed with purity and favorable conditions, aligning outer time (muhūrta) with inner devotion—so the mind becomes steady in Shiva-bhakti and receptive to grace.

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

By recommending auspicious astrological factors for beginning the rite, it supports orderly, scripture-aligned worship of Saguna Shiva through the Linga—where disciplined observance helps focus the devotee on Shiva as Pati, the bestower of liberation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It implies choosing a favorable muhurta for Shiva-puja—then performing Linga-abhisheka with mantra-japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), along with customary Shaiva observances such as bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrāksha where appropriate.