Shloka 49

मङ्गलपत्रिकाग्रहणम् — Reception of the Auspicious Marriage Invitation

Devanagari script

मण्डपस्थापनन्नान्दीमुखन्तत्कुलधर्मतः । कारय प्रीतितो नाथ लोके स्वं ख्यापयन् यशः

Transliteration

maṇḍapasthāpanannāndīmukhantatkuladharmataḥ | kāraya prītito nātha loke svaṃ khyāpayan yaśaḥ

Translation

โอ้นาถ จงให้ตั้งมณฑปด้วยความปีติ และให้ประกอบพิธีนันทีมุขอันเป็นมงคลตามธรรมเนียมแห่งตระกูลนั้น แล้วทรงประกาศพระเกียรติยศของพระองค์ให้เลื่องลือในโลกเถิด।

Word by Word

• maṇḍapa-sthāpanam: setting up the pavilion
• maṇḍapa-sthāpanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇḍapa (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāpana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalīṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana (context: object of kāraya → Dvitīyā); tatpuruṣa: maṇḍapasya sthāpanam (‘erection of the pavilion’)

• nāndī-mukham: the nāndī-opening rite
• nāndī-mukham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāndī (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalīṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: nāndyāḥ mukham (‘the auspicious opening rite’)

• tat-kula-dharmataḥ: according to the custom of that family
• tat-kula-dharmataḥ: Hetu/Prakāra (हेतु/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तसिल् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Tasil-anta avyaya (तसिलन्त अव्यय) meaning ‘according to/from’; tatpuruṣa base: tatkula-dharma (‘the custom/dharma of that family’) + -tas

• kāraya: have (it) done / arrange
• kāraya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्/imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; causative sense (णिच्) ‘cause to be done’

• prītitaḥ: gladly/out of affection
• prītitaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तसिल्)
• Form: Tasil-anta avyaya (तसिलन्त) adverb: ‘out of affection/with pleasure’

• nātha: O Lord
• nātha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana

• svam: your own
• svam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalīṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; agrees with yaśaḥ (sense: ‘your own’)

• khyāpayan: proclaiming/making known
• khyāpayan: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khyāpaya (धातु; √khyā causative/णिच्)
• Form: Śatṛ-pratyaya (शतृ/present active participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; participle qualifying implied subject (tvam)

• yaśaḥ: fame/glory
• yaśaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaśas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalīṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana (object of khyāpayan)

Speaker

Parvati

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Nandi

FAQs

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

The verse highlights that sacred rites performed with joy (prīti) and in harmony with dharma become offerings to Pati (Śiva), turning worldly ceremony into a devotional act that supports auspiciousness and spiritual merit.

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

By addressing Śiva as “Nātha” and urging auspicious rites, the verse reflects Saguna devotion—honoring Śiva as the personal Lord who receives ritual worship and blesses the household and society through dharmic observances.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests performing auspicious preparatory rites (mandapa-sthāpana and Nandīmukha) with devotional intent; practitioners may accompany such rites with Shaiva bhakti practices like japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and reverent purity observances.