Shloka 55

प्रस्थान-विरह-विलापः

Departure and Lament in Separation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे ब्रह्मनारदसंवादे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां तृतीये पार्वतीखण्डे शिवकैलासगमनवर्णनं नाम पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe brahmanāradasaṃvāde dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe śivakailāsagamanavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీశివమహాపురాణంలోని బ్రహ్మ-నారద సంభాషణలో, ద్వితీయ రుద్రసంహితలోని తృతీయ పార్వతీఖండంలో ‘శివకైలాసగమనవర్ణనం’ అనే యాభై ఐదవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle

• śrī-śiva-mahā-purāṇe: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-śiva-mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• brahma-nārada-saṃvāde: in the Brahmā–Nārada dialogue
• brahma-nārada-saṃvāde: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmā (प्रातिपदिक) + nārada (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in the dialogue of Brahmā and Nārada’

• dvitīyāyām: in the second
• dvitīyāyām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; qualifying saṃhitāyām

• rudra-saṃhitāyām: in the Rudrasaṃhitā
• rudra-saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; qualifying khaṇḍe

• pārvatī-khaṇḍe: in the Pārvatī section
• pārvatī-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in the Pārvatī section’

• śiva-kailāsa-gamana-varṇanam: ‘Description of Śiva’s going to Kailāsa’
• śiva-kailāsa-gamana-varṇanam: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य/predicate-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + gamana (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; title-compound ‘description of Śiva’s going to Kailāsa’

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/title marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), title-marker ‘named’

• pañca-pañcāśattamaḥ: fifty-fifth
• pañca-pañcāśattamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक) + pañcāśat (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal ‘fifty-fifth’ qualifying adhyāyaḥ

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmī (concluding colophon, preserving the Brahmā–Nārada dialogue)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma
• Narada
• Kailasa
• Parvati

FAQs

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

This is a concluding colophon that seals the chapter’s teaching and lineage—placing the narration within the Brahmā–Nārada dialogue—reminding devotees that Purāṇic instruction is transmitted through authorized tradition (śruti-smṛti-paramparā) and should be received with reverence and steadiness of bhakti.

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

Although it is not a ritual injunction, the chapter-title “Śiva’s journey to Kailāsa” frames Saguna Śiva as the approachable Lord with divine abode and līlā; such framing supports devotional visualization, temple worship, and Liṅga-upāsanā as valid means to relate to Pati (Śiva) while progressing toward deeper realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to conclude recitation with mindful closure: offer the chapter’s merit to Śiva, remember Kailāsa as the symbol of divine presence, and repeat the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” in japa as a daily anchor of devotion.