Shloka 3

कामभस्म-प्रार्थना: रत्याः शङ्करं प्रति विनयः / Rati’s Supplication to Śaṅkara regarding Kāma’s Ashes

Devanagari script

जीवयात्रा पतिं मे हि कामव्या पारमात्मनि । कुरु दूरं च सन्तापं समविश्लेषहेतुकम्

Transliteration

jīvayātrā patiṃ me hi kāmavyā pāramātmani | kuru dūraṃ ca santāpaṃ samaviśleṣahetukam

Translation

హే పరమాత్మా! నా జీవయాత్రకు ఆధారమైన నా భర్త కామదేవుని విషయమై నా కోరికను నెరవేర్చుము; వియోగం వల్ల కలిగే దుఃఖసంతాపాన్ని దూరం చేయుము।

Word by Word

• jīvayātrā: life’s course/continuance of life
• jīvayātrā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva-yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jīvasya yātrā)

• patim: husband/lord
• patim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; emphasis/indeed

• kāmavyā: (I) Kāmavyā (name/epithet)
• kāmavyā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmavyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/कर्तरि प्रयोगः (speaker’s self-reference)

• pāramātmani: in the Supreme Self
• pāramātmani: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (paramaḥ ātmā)

• kuru: do/make
• kuru: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• dūram: far away
• dūram: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) रूपेण; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘दूरम्’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• santāpam: distress/torment
• santāpam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: santāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• samaviśleṣahetukam: caused by separation
• samaviśleṣahetukam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samaviśleṣa-hetuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘सन्तापम्’ प्रति; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (samaviśleṣasya hetuḥ)

Speaker

Parvati

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It expresses viraha-bhakti—devotion intensified by separation—where Parvati turns personal longing into prayer to the Paramatman Shiva, asking that the burning grief of disunion be removed through divine grace and inner union.

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

Parvati addresses Shiva as both Paramatman (transcendent) and pati (personal Lord), mirroring Shaiva practice where the devotee worships Saguna Shiva in the Linga while realizing Him as the Nirguna Supreme beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Transform separation into japa and dhyana: repeat the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with focused remembrance of Shiva as the inner Self, offering mental worship to the Linga and praying for the cooling of santāpa (inner burning).