Shloka 39

Śivarātri-vrata Udyāpana-vidhi

Completion Rite for the Śivarātri Observance

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे चतुर्थ्यां कोटित्त्वसंहितायां शिवरात्रिव्रतोद्यापनं नामैकोनचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe caturthyāṃ koṭittvasaṃhitāyāṃ śivarātrivratodyāpanaṃ nāmaikonacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim termina o trigésimo nono capítulo, intitulado «O rito de conclusão (Udyāpana) do voto de Śivarātri», na quarta seção do Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, na Koṭirudra Saṃhitā.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्ति/इत्यर्थ (quotative/end marker)

• श्रीशिवमहापुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्रीशिवमहापुराणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + शिव + महापुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य महापुराणम्; ‘Śrī’ honorific prefix)

• चतुर्थ्याम्: in the fourth
• चतुर्थ्याम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of संहितायाम्)

• कोटित्त्वसंहितायाम्: in the Koṭirudra-saṃhitā
• कोटित्त्वसंहितायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि + रुद्र + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कोटिरुद्रस्य संहिता)

• शिवरात्रिव्रतोद्यापनम्: the concluding rite of the Śivarātri vow
• शिवरात्रिव्रतोद्यापनम्: Karta (कर्ता; title-apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवरात्रि + व्रत + उद्यापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शिवरात्रेः व्रतस्य उद्यापनम्)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; naming)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः शीर्षक-निर्देशक (title marker ‘named’)

• एकोनचत्वारिंशः: thirty-ninth
• एकोनचत्वारिंशः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + ऊन + चत्वारिंशत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (एकेन ऊनः चत्वारिंशत् = 39th) विशेषण (of अध्यायः)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता; title statement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (traditional Purāṇic narrator concluding the chapter to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Colophon verse; marks textual closure of the Śivarātri-vrata udyāpana chapter rather than prescribing a specific tīrtha or liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

This is a colophon marking the formal completion of the chapter, emphasizing that Śivarātri-vrata is not only observed but also properly concluded (udyāpana), reflecting disciplined bhakti offered to Lord Śiva as Pati (the liberating Lord).

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

By naming the chapter as Śivarātri-vrata-udyāpana within the Koṭirudra Saṃhitā, it situates the practice within the Purāṇic framework of Saguna Śiva worship—commonly centered on liṅga-pūjā, night-long devotion, and ritual completion as an offering to Śiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse signals the prescribed completion of the Śivarātri observance—i.e., concluding the vow with proper udyāpana rites (such as final worship, charity/feeding, and reaffirmation of devotion), aligning vrata-discipline with Śiva-bhakti.