Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

धन्या वयं विशेषेण विवाहं शिवयोर्ध्रुवम् । द्रक्ष्यामः परमप्रीत्या जगतां मंगलालयम्

Transliteration

dhanyā vayaṃ viśeṣeṇa vivāhaṃ śivayordhruvam | drakṣyāmaḥ paramaprītyā jagatāṃ maṃgalālayam

Translation

మేము విశేషంగా ధన్యులము; నిశ్చయంగా పరమ ప్రీతితో శివ-పార్వతుల వివాహాన్ని దర్శించెదము—అది సమస్త జగత్తుకు మంగళధామము।

Word by Word

• धन्याः: fortunate
• धन्याः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) वयम्

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (instrumental used adverbially: 'especially')

• विवाहम्: the marriage
• विवाहम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• शिवयोः: of Śiva (and Pārvatī) / of the two Śivas
• शिवयोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन

• ध्रुवम्: certain/indeed
• ध्रुवम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) विवाहम्; अवश्यंभावे (certainly)

• द्रक्ष्यामः: we shall see
• द्रक्ष्यामः: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• परम-प्रीत्या: with supreme joy
• परम-प्रीत्या: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (परमा प्रीतिः = परमप्रीतिः)

• जगताम्: of the worlds
• जगताम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• मङ्गल-आलयम्: the abode of auspiciousness
• मङ्गल-आलयम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मङ्गलस्य आलयः = मङ्गलालयः)

Speaker

Devas (celestial beings) witnessing the impending Śiva–Pārvatī marriage

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the verse frames the Śiva–Pārvatī vivāha as a cosmic auspicious event (maṅgala-āśraya) witnessed by devas.

Significance: Darśana/śravaṇa of Śiva–Śakti vivāha is presented as inherently maṅgala (auspicious), implying removal of inauspiciousness and bestowal of grace through participation in the divine līlā.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Deva-samāja anticipates the divine marriage, treated as a world-auspicious cosmic turning-point.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse praises the darśana of Śiva–Śakti united in sacred marriage as the very fountain of maṅgala (auspicious welfare) for all beings—showing that the Lord’s compassionate, saguna līlā uplifts the worlds and stabilizes dharma.

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

It highlights saguna worship through joyful contemplation of Śiva’s divine acts; in Shaiva Siddhanta, this reverent darśana supports devotion that matures into steadiness in worship—whether of the Liṅga (symbol of Pati) or of the divine couple as Śiva–Śakti.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to cultivate bhakti through darśana and smaraṇa (reverent visualization/remembering) of Śiva–Pārvatī, accompanied by japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” as a daily maṅgala-practice.