Shloka 58

मङ्गलपत्रिकाग्रहणम् — Reception of the Auspicious Marriage Invitation

Devanagari script

ग्रहाणां पूजनं प्रीत्या चक्रुस्ते शम्भुना मया । मण्डलस्थसुराणां च सर्वेषां विघ्नशान्तये

Transliteration

grahāṇāṃ pūjanaṃ prītyā cakruste śambhunā mayā | maṇḍalasthasurāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ vighnaśāntaye

Translation

เพื่อระงับอุปสรรคทั้งปวง พวกเขาได้บูชาพระเคราะห์ด้วยความปีติ และบูชาเทพทั้งหลายผู้สถิตในมณฑลของตนด้วย—ตามบัญชาที่พระศัมภู (พระศิวะ)ทรงกำหนด

Word by Word

• ग्रहाणाम्: of the planets
• ग्रहाणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• पूजनम्: worship
• पूजनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रीत्या: with devotion
• प्रीत्या: Hetu (हेतु/manner-cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; भावे/हेतौ (with devotion/joy)

• चक्रुः: they performed
• चक्रुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• शम्भुना: by/with Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुना: Karana (करण/Instrument/agent-association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण/Instrument/agent-association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग (pronoun), तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• मण्डलस्थसुराणाम्: of the gods stationed in the maṇḍala
• मण्डलस्थसुराणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल-स्थ-सुर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (मण्डले स्थाः सुराः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (सुराणाम्)

• विघ्नशान्तये: for the pacification of obstacles
• विघ्नशान्तये: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/purpose; dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न-शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विघ्नानां शान्तिः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga origin; it depicts śānti-kriyā—graha and maṇḍala-devatā worship—performed under Śambhu’s ordinance to avert vighna (obstruction).

Significance: Highlights Śiva as the ultimate niyantṛ (governor) of cosmic forces; even grahas and deities in their spheres are harmonized through Śiva-sanctioned worship for vighna-śānti.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Grahāḥ (Navagrahas)
• Devas

FAQs

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

The verse frames obstacle-removal (vighna-śānti) as most effective when actions are performed with devotion and under Śiva’s ordinance—showing that cosmic forces like grahas are harmonized when aligned with the Lord (Pati) who governs the whole mandala of beings.

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

Even when auxiliary deities (grahas and mandala-devas) are worshipped, the authority and inner refuge remain Śambhu; in Shaiva practice, such rites are ideally done as Śiva-ārādhana in a broader sense—supporting Saguna worship that culminates in devotion to the Linga as the central Lord.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests vighna-śānti through orderly worship of grahas and associated deities with a joyful, devotional mind; a Shaiva takeaway is to accompany such rites with Śiva-mantra japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to place the practice under Śiva’s grace.