Shloka 49

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । दैत्यराट्प्रेषितो वीर हंसि चेत्किं करोमि ते । परन्त्वसाध्यं गमनं मन्ये संग्राममन्तरा

Transliteration

devyuvāca | daityarāṭpreṣito vīra haṃsi cetkiṃ karomi te | parantvasādhyaṃ gamanaṃ manye saṃgrāmamantarā

Translation

Богиня сказала: «О витязь, если царь дайтьев послал тебя и ты намерен убить меня, что могу я сделать для тебя? Но я считаю: уйти отсюда невозможно без битвы».

Word by Word

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: कर्ता (speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• दैत्यराट्: the daitya-king
• दैत्यराट्: कर्ता-विशेषण/सम्बन्ध (agent descriptor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + राट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘king of daityas’)

• प्रेषितः: sent/commissioned
• प्रेषितः: कर्ता-विशेषण (qualifier of implied ‘I’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √प्रेष् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• हंसि: you kill
• हंसि: क्रिया (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: शर्त (condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle ‘if’)

• किम्: what
• किम्: कर्म (object of ‘do’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• करोमि: do I do
• करोमि: क्रिया (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (Sampradana/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• परम्: but
• परम्: वाक्यसम्बन्ध (connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle ‘but/however’)

• तु: indeed/however
• तु: वाक्यसम्बन्ध (contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic/contrast particle)

• असाध्यम्: impossible
• असाध्यम्: कर्म-विशेषण (object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असाध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘गमनम्’ इति विशेषण

• गमनम्: going / journey
• गमनम्: कर्म (object of ‘manye’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मन्ये: I think
• मन्ये: क्रिया (cognition)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• संग्रामम्: battle
• संग्रामम्: अपादान/विनाऽर्थ (reference for ‘without’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अन्तरा: without
• अन्तरा: विनाऽर्थ (exclusion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विना/ऋते-अर्थे (preposition-like indeclinable ‘without’)

Speaker

Parvati (Devī/Umā)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Daitya king

FAQs

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

Devī’s words show śakti grounded in dharma: when adharma approaches as aggression, inner and outer firmness becomes necessary—one does not “flee” bondage; one confronts it with clarity and courage.

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

In Shaiva Siddhānta, Devī and Shiva are inseparable in divine action: devotion to Saguna Shiva (and the Liṅga as His sacred presence) cultivates fearlessness and moral steadiness when confronted by hostile forces.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) for steadiness in adversity, along with simple Śaiva observances like applying tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as a reminder of restraint, purity, and courage.