Shloka 35

वसन्त-प्रभावः तथा काम-उद्दीपन-वर्णनम् | Spring’s Influence and the Arousal of Kāma

Devanagari script

अहो धन्यतरा चेयं पार्वत्यद्भुतरूपिणी । एतत्समा न त्रैलोक्ये नारी कापि सुरूपिणी

Transliteration

aho dhanyatarā ceyaṃ pārvatyadbhutarūpiṇī | etatsamā na trailokye nārī kāpi surūpiṇī

Translation

अहो! धन्यतरा चेयं पार्वती अद्भुतरूपिणी; त्रैलोक्येऽस्या समा कापि नारी नास्ति सुरूपिणी।

Word by Word

• aho: ah!/oh!
• aho: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aho (अव्यय)
• Form: Interjection (उद्गार) expressing wonder

• dhanyatarā: more blessed
• dhanyatarā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of iyam
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative Singular; comparative degree (तरप् प्रत्यय)

• ca: and
• ca: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• iyam: this (woman)
• iyam: Karta (कर्ता) / subject of nominal sentence
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Feminine, Nominative Singular

• pārvatī-adbhuta-rūpiṇī: Pārvatī, of wondrous form
• pārvatī-adbhuta-rūpiṇī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (multi-member descriptive compound); Feminine, Nominative Singular; qualifying iyam

• etat-samā: equal to her/this
• etat-samā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of nārī
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + samā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (सम्बन्ध/निर्धारण: “equal to this”); Feminine, Nominative Singular

• na: not
• na: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle

• trailokye: in the three worlds
• trailokye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trailokya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Locative Singular

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (कर्ता) / subject of existential negation
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative Singular

• kā: any (woman)
• kā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ka (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Indefinite pronoun base; Feminine, Nominative Singular (used with api)

• api: even/any
• api: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle forming indefiniteness with ka: “any/ever”

• su-rūpiṇī: beautiful
• su-rūpiṇī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + rūpiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (prefixal descriptive); Feminine, Nominative Singular; qualifying nārī

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages, conveying the admiration expressed for Parvati in the Parvati Khanda narrative)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse extols Pārvatī as uniquely auspicious and wondrous, indicating her status as Śakti—divine power—whose presence sanctifies the cosmos and supports Shiva’s saguna (manifest) līlā for the uplift of beings.

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

By praising Pārvatī’s incomparable form, the text emphasizes Shiva’s worship together with Śakti; in Shaiva tradition, devotion to the Liṅga is fulfilled through reverence to Shiva as Pati and Pārvatī as Śakti, the inseparable manifest dimension of the divine.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is Śiva-Śakti smaraṇa (contemplation of Shiva with Parvati) alongside japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offered with bhakti, seeing Parvati as the embodiment of auspicious grace.