Shloka 37

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

Devanagari script

अतो रुद्रो महोतीश्च कृत्वा भक्तमुदावहम् । विवाहं कृतवान्प्रीत्या पार्वत्या स विधानतः

Transliteration

ato rudro mahotīśca kṛtvā bhaktamudāvaham | vivāhaṃ kṛtavānprītyā pārvatyā sa vidhānataḥ

Translation

ఆపై మహోత్తముడైన ఈశ్వరుడు రుద్రుడు భక్తుని మంగళాన్ని ప్రకటించి, శాస్త్రవిధానమున ప్రకారము, ఆనందముతో పార్వతితో వివాహమును నిర్వహించెను.

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (causal adverb: 'therefore/from that')

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महोतीः: Mahotī/Mahotīśa (name/epithet)
• महोतीः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पाठान्तर/रूप-समस्या: 'महोतीश्च' इत्यत्र सम्भाव्यः 'महोतीशः' (मह + ईश) अथवा 'महोती' नाम; अत्र प्रथमा एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• कृत्वा: having made/done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having done/made'

• भक्तम्: the devotee
• भक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'devotee' as object of making/bringing

• उदावहम्: bringing (him) forth
• उदावहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-वह (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'carrying/bringing up' (agreeing with भक्तम्)

• विवाहम्: marriage
• विवाहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृतवान्: did; performed
• कृतवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (perfective active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• प्रीत्या: with love
• प्रीत्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन; भावे करणम् (with affection)

• पार्वत्या: with Pārvatī
• पार्वत्या: Sahartha/Karana (सह/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सहार्थे (with Pārvatī)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विधानतः: according to proper rites
• विधानतः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'according to rule/ordinance'

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Frames Śiva as the bestower of bhakta-udāvaha (uplifting welfare), i.e., grace that transforms the devotee’s condition—anugraha as the decisive act in Siddhānta soteriology.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It presents Rudra as Mahā-Īśa who responds to bhakti by granting auspicious welfare and establishing dharma through a divinely ordained marriage—showing that grace (anugraha) and right order (vidhi) operate together.

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

The verse emphasizes Saguna Śiva’s compassionate līlā: the Lord who is worshipped as the Liṅga also manifests relationally as Rudra and performs sacred acts like marriage, making divine grace accessible to devotees through narrative remembrance and ritual.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to remember Śiva-Pārvatī Vivāha with devotion while chanting the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and observing dharmic discipline (vidhi)—especially in vrata contexts such as Mahāśivarātri.