Shloka 8

मेना-हिमालयसंवादः

Menā’s Counsel to Himālaya; Response to Slander of Śiva

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तात शम्भुना सप्त एव ते । संस्मृता ऋषयस्सद्यो विरहव्याकुलात्मना

Transliteration

etasminnantare tāta śambhunā sapta eva te | saṃsmṛtā ṛṣayassadyo virahavyākulātmanā

Translation

ఈ మధ్యలో, ఓ ప్రియుడా, విరహవేదనతో వ్యాకులహృదయుడైన శంభువు ఆ ఏడు ఋషులను వెంటనే స్మరించాడు.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the interval/meanwhile
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तात: O dear (sir/son)
• तात: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• शम्भुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुना: Kartr̥-karaṇa (कर्तृ-करण/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (विशेषण/Quantifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनार्थ (plural sense)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/restriction)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• संस्मृता: were remembered
• संस्मृता: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• विरह-व्याकुल-आत्मना: by one whose self was distressed by separation
• विरह-व्याकुल-आत्मना: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरह (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याकुल (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative; ‘विरहेण व्याकुलः आत्मा यस्य/येन’ as instrumental descriptor); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Seven Sages (Saptarishis)

FAQs

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

It shows Śiva’s divine līlā where even the Lord’s ‘separation’ becomes a sacred movement of grace—prompting the summoning of realized sages to restore dharma and guide the unfolding of the Parvatī narrative.

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

Śambhu is presented as Saguna (personal, responsive) Shiva—who acts within time and relationship. For devotees, this supports bhakti to the Linga as the accessible form through which Shiva’s grace and guidance manifest.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The key takeaway is smaraṇa (remembrance): steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with inner recollection of Śiva as Pati (the Lord) helps stabilize the mind during agitation, like Śiva’s own focused remembrance here.