Shloka 11
पार्वत्याः यात्रासंस्कारः तथा पातिव्रत्योपदेशः / Preparations for Girijā’s Auspicious Journey and the Teaching on Pātivratya
पतिव्रता च सावित्री लोपामुद्रा ह्यरुन्धती । शाण्डिल्या शतरूपानुसूया लक्ष्मीस्स्वधा सती
pativratā ca sāvitrī lopāmudrā hyarundhatī | śāṇḍilyā śatarūpānusūyā lakṣmīssvadhā satī
सावित्री लोपामुद्रा च तथा अरुन्धती पतिव्रताः प्रसिद्धाः; तथा शाण्डिल्या शतरूपा च अनसूया लक्ष्मीः स्वधा सती च—धर्मनिष्ठाः शुचिव्रताः।
Goddess Pārvatī (as narrated within Sūta’s discourse to the sages)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Mantra: पतिव्रता च सावित्री लोपामुद्रा ह्यरुन्धती । शाण्डिल्या शतरूपानुसूया लक्ष्मीस्स्वधा सती
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It honors exemplary women whose steadfast dharma and inner purity are presented as supports for bhakti and spiritual stability—qualities that, in Shaiva understanding, purify the heart and make devotion to Lord Śiva fruitful.
By praising Satī and the ideal of unwavering devotion, the verse points to the same one-pointedness valued in Saguna Śiva worship—steadiness, loyalty, and purity that sustain regular pūjā, vrata, and remembrance of the Liṅga.
The implied practice is niyama-driven devotion: maintaining purity of conduct, keeping vrata-like steadiness, and supporting daily Śiva-smaraṇa—often expressed through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) alongside simple, consistent pūjā.