Shloka 10

Sunartaka-Naṭa Avatāra and Pārvatī’s Boon-Request (Śiva as the Testing Benefactor)

Devanagari script

कामं मे पूरय विभो निर्विकारो भवान्सदा । भक्तवत्सलनामा हि तव भक्तास्म्यमहं सदा

Transliteration

kāmaṃ me pūraya vibho nirvikāro bhavānsadā | bhaktavatsalanāmā hi tava bhaktāsmyamahaṃ sadā

Translation

హే విభో, నా కోరికను నెరవేర్చండి; మీరు సదా నిర్వికారులు. మీరు ‘భక్తవత్సలుడు’ అని ప్రసిద్ధులు; అందువల్ల నేను ఎల్లప్పుడూ మీ భక్తుడను.

Word by Word

• कामम्: wish; as desired
• कामम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative: 'as you wish/indeed')

• मे: my / of me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

• पूरय: fulfil
• पूरय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense 'to fill/fulfil' in usage

• विभो: O Lord, O all-pervading one
• विभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन

• निर्विकारः: unchanging
• निर्विकारः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्विकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्/निर्-पूर्वक तत्पुरुषः: निर् + विकार ('without change')

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific 'you')

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• भक्तवत्सलनाम: named 'devotee-loving'
• भक्तवत्सलनाम: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्तवत्सल-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: भक्तानां वत्सलः (devotee-loving) + नामन् ('named/called')

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• तव: your / of you
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन

• भक्तः: devotee
• भक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

A devotee addressing Lord Shiva (as narrated within the Shatarudrasaṃhitā)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; it is a bhakti petition emphasizing Śiva’s nirvikāratva and bhaktavātsalya.

Significance: Encourages śaraṇāgati: approaching the changeless Lord for fulfillment that culminates in grace (anugraha), not merely worldly gain.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse expresses Shaiva bhakti grounded in right understanding: Shiva is nirvikāra (unchanging Pati), yet compassionately responsive as Bhaktavatsala; the devotee’s surrender becomes the means for grace and inner fulfillment.

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

Though Shiva is described as changeless (a nirguna truth), the prayer is offered to the accessible Lord (saguna upāsya) who grants boons; Linga-worship similarly approaches the transcendent through a sacred, worshipable form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A direct practice is heartfelt prayer with japa—especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—while keeping the attitude of constant devotion (sadā-bhakti), optionally supported by bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as Shaiva aids.