Shloka 19

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

नन्दिना सहितं देवं साम्बं सर्वगणैर्वृतम् कृत्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति वक्ष्ये तद्वै यथाश्रुतम्

Transliteration

nandinā sahitaṃ devaṃ sāmbaṃ sarvagaṇairvṛtam kṛtvā yatphalamāpnoti vakṣye tadvai yathāśrutam

Translation

नन्दिना सहितं देवं साम्बं सर्वगणैर्वृतम् कृत्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति वक्ष्ये तद्वै यथाश्रुतम्।

Word by Word

• नन्दिना (nandinā): with Nandin

• सहितम् (sahitam): accompanied/along with

• देवम् (devam): the Deva, Lord

• साम्बम् (sāmbam): Śiva together with Ambā (Śakti), Sāmba

• सर्व-गणैः (sarva-gaṇaiḥ): by all the Gaṇas

• वृतम् (vṛtam): surrounded/encircled

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā): having done/performing (worship, act of devotion)

• यत्-फलम् (yat-phalam): whatever fruit/result

• आप्नोति (āpnoti): attains

• वक्ष्ये (vakṣye): I will state

• तत् (tat): that

• वै (vai): indeed

• यथा-श्रुतम् (yathā-śrutam): as heard (according to received tradition).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shakti (Ambā/Parvati)
• Nandin
• Ganas

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It functions as a phala-śruti preface: the text prepares to state the specific spiritual results (phala) gained by performing Śiva-upāsanā—especially of Sāmba Śiva attended by Nandin and the Gaṇas—thereby framing Linga/Śiva worship as a result-bearing sādhana.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva is presented as Sāmba—Pati (the Lord) inseparable from Śakti—indicating that Śiva-tattva is not a solitary principle but the conscious Lord whose power (Śakti) is integral, and whose cosmic lordship is signified by Nandin and the Gaṇas.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse points to kṛtvā—performing a devotional act—implying Śiva-pūjā/darśana as a Pāśupata-oriented practice where the paśu (bound soul) approaches Pati (Śiva) for phala leading toward loosening pāśa (bondage).