Shloka 40

मङ्गलपत्रिकाग्रहणम् — Reception of the Auspicious Marriage Invitation

Devanagari script

अन्यांगसंस्थितास्सर्पास्तदंगाभरणानि च । बभूवुरतिरम्याणि नानारत्नमयानि च

Transliteration

anyāṃgasaṃsthitāssarpāstadaṃgābharaṇāni ca | babhūvuratiramyāṇi nānāratnamayāni ca

Translation

As serpentes repousadas sobre os seus outros membros tornaram-se ornamentos desses membros, sobremaneira agradáveis de contemplar, como se fossem lavradas de muitas espécies de joias.

Word by Word

• अन्य-अङ्ग-संस्थिताः: situated on other limbs
• अन्य-अङ्ग-संस्थिताः: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier of कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थित (कृदन्त, √स्था धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कृदन्तः—भूतकृदन्त/क्त (past passive participle) ‘संस्थित’

• सर्पाः: serpents
• सर्पाः: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्-अङ्ग-आभरणानि: ornaments of his limbs
• तत्-अङ्ग-आभरणानि: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + आभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य अङ्गस्य आभरणानि)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बभूवुः: became
• बभूवुः: क्रिया (Verb/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अति-रम्याणि: exceedingly beautiful
• अति-रम्याणि: विशेषण (of आभरणानि/ornaments)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (intensive with अति-)

• नाना-रत्न-मयानि: made of various jewels
• नाना-रत्न-मयानि: विशेषण (of आभरणानि/ornaments)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘रत्नमय’ (made of jewels) with नाना (various)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Bhairava

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• serpents (Nāgas)

FAQs

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

It highlights Shiva’s Saguna (manifest) auspicious form where even fearsome beings like serpents are transfigured into beauty—showing His mastery over death, fear, and poison, and His power to sanctify all that approaches Him.

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

While the Linga points to the formless (Nirguna) reality, this verse supports Saguna-upāsanā: meditating on Shiva’s iconography (including serpent-ornaments) to awaken devotion, steadiness, and reverence for the same Supreme Pati revealed in a gracious form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice Śiva-dhyāna (icon-meditation) while chanting the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—contemplating Shiva as the one who transforms poison into auspiciousness; optionally combine with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) application as a reminder of detachment and liberation.