Shloka 78

पार्वत्याः यात्रासंस्कारः तथा पातिव्रत्योपदेशः / Preparations for Girijā’s Auspicious Journey and the Teaching on Pātivratya

Devanagari script

चतुर्विधा अपि शिवे पापहन्त्र्यः पतिव्रताः । पावनास्सर्वलोकानामिहामुत्रापि हर्षिताः

Transliteration

caturvidhā api śive pāpahantryaḥ pativratāḥ | pāvanāssarvalokānāmihāmutrāpi harṣitāḥ

Translation

Ó Śivā (Pārvatī), as esposas devotas—embora sejam de quatro tipos—são destruidoras do pecado. Elas santificam todos os mundos e permanecem jubilosas tanto aqui quanto na vida futura.

Word by Word

• चतुर्विधाः: fourfold/of four kinds
• चतुर्विधाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्-विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), concessive ‘even/also’

• शिवे: O Śiva
• शिवे: सम्बोधन (Address/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; Vocative singular

• पापहन्त्र्यः: sin-destroying
• पापहन्त्र्यः: कर्ता/विशेष्य (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-हन्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• पतिव्रताः: women devoted to their husbands
• पतिव्रताः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति-व्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• पावनाः: purifying
• पावनाः: कर्ता/विशेष्य (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• सर्वलोकानाम्: of all worlds/of all people
• सर्वलोकानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• इह: here
• इह: देशाधिकरण (Spatial adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अमुत्र: there/in the other world
• अमुत्र: देशाधिकरण (Spatial adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमुत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अपि: also
• अपि: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), ‘also’

• हर्षिताः: delighted/joyful
• हर्षिताः: कर्ता/विशेष्य (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु) + त (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘delighted’

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse praises pativratā-dharma as a powerful purifier: steadfast, dharmic devotion destroys pāpa and generates pāvana-śakti (purifying merit) that uplifts not only the individual but the wider world—leading to joy and auspiciousness in both this life and the hereafter.

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

In the Shiva Purana’s Saguna framework, household dharma and devotion are themselves offerings to Śiva: purity of conduct supports purity of worship, making linga-pūjā, vrata, and daily bhakti fruitful by reducing pāpa and strengthening sattva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is to pair dharmic living with simple Śaiva devotion—daily remembrance of Śiva (japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and if practiced in the tradition, linga-pūjā with bhasma (tripuṇḍra) as a reminder of purity and restraint.