Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 6

दुर्गोपवीत-रचना तथा शिवामलङ्कारोत्सवः | The Making of the Durgopavīta and Pārvatī’s Auspicious Adornment Festival

Devanagari script

कंचुकी परमा दिव्या नानारत्नान्विताद्भुता । विधृता च तया देव्या विलसन्त्याधिकं मुने

Transliteration

kaṃcukī paramā divyā nānāratnānvitādbhutā | vidhṛtā ca tayā devyā vilasantyādhikaṃ mune

Translation

முனிவரே, அந்த தேவி பரம திவ்யமான கஞ்சுகியை அணிந்தாள்—பலவகை ரத்தினங்களால் அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்ட அதிசயமானது; அதை அணிந்ததால் அவள் மேலும் ஒளிவீசினாள்।

Word by Word

• कंचुकी: bodice, jacket
• कंचुकी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंचुकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• परमा: supreme, excellent
• परमा: Visheshana (विशेषणम्/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• दिव्या: divine
• दिव्या: Visheshana (विशेषणम्/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• नाना-रत्न-अन्विता: endowed with various jewels
• नाना-रत्न-अन्विता: Visheshana (विशेषणम्/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-पूर्वपद) + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त—क्त (PPP) ‘अन्वित’; समासः—‘नानारत्नैः अन्विता’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (instrumental determinative)

• अद्भुता: wonderful
• अद्भुता: Visheshana (विशेषणम्/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• विधृता: worn, held
• विधृता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—descriptive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपसर्गः ‘वि-’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (करणम्/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देव्या: by the goddess
• देव्या: Karana (करणम्/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• विलसन्त्या: as she was shining/gleaming
• विलसन्त्या: Karana (करणम्/Instrument—accompanying circumstance)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लस् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—शतृ (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; उपसर्गः ‘वि-’

• अधिकम्: more, exceedingly
• अधिकम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम्/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga context; the verse continues the bridal iconography: Devī wears a divine jewel-studded kañcukī, whose splendor increases with her own radiance—an aesthetic theology of Śakti’s tejas.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse highlights the Goddess’s radiant, jewel-adorned form to inspire saguna-bhakti—devotion to the manifest Shiva-Shakti—where beauty and splendor point to inner divinity and auspicious power (Shakti) supporting liberation.

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

Parvati’s resplendence is the visible Shakti of Shiva; in Linga worship, devotees honor Shiva as Pati (the Lord) together with Shakti as the power that makes grace, purity, and spiritual awakening tangible in the world.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is dhyāna (meditative visualization) on the auspicious form of the Goddess alongside Shiva, supporting focused worship; it can be paired with Panchākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and reverent pūjā as per one’s tradition.