Shloka 12

देवसान्त्वनम् (Devasāntvana) — “Consolation/Reassurance of the Gods”

Devanagari script

जानन्ति बहवो भक्तास्त्वत्कृपां प्राप्य भक्तितः । शरणागतभक्तानां न कुत्रापि भयादिकम्

Transliteration

jānanti bahavo bhaktāstvatkṛpāṃ prāpya bhaktitaḥ | śaraṇāgatabhaktānāṃ na kutrāpi bhayādikam

Translation

ภักตะจำนวนมากด้วยศรัทธาภักดีได้บรรลุพระกรุณาของพระนางและรู้ซึ้งถึงพระกรุณานั้น สำหรับภักตะผู้เข้าถึงที่พึ่งในพระนาง ย่อมไม่มีความหวาดกลัวและสิ่งทั้งปวงทำนองนั้นในที่ใดเลย

Word by Word

• जानन्ति: they know
• जानन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• भक्ताः: devotees
• भक्ताः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• त्वत्-कृपाम्: your grace
• त्वत्-कृपाम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आप् (धातु) उपसर्ग: प्र-; ल्यप्-प्रत्यय (absolutive)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• भक्तितः: through devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (हेतु/cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'from/through'), हेत्वर्थे (causal/instrumental sense)

• शरणागत-भक्तानाम्: of devotees who have taken refuge
• शरणागत-भक्तानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक) + आगत (कृदन्त; √गम्) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• कुत्र: anywhere
• कुत्र: Deśa (देश/place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक प्रश्न/अनिश्चित क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: anywhere/where)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle: even/also)

• भय-आदिकम्: fear and the like
• भय-आदिकम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Pārvatī (addressing Lord Śiva, in praise of His grace toward surrendered devotees)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that Śiva’s kṛpā (grace) is directly realized through bhakti, and that true śaraṇāgati (taking refuge in Pati, the Lord) brings inner fearlessness—freedom from the anxieties that bind the soul (paśu) under pāśa (bondage).

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

Taking refuge is concretized through Saguna worship—approaching Śiva as the accessible Lord through Liṅga-pūjā, mantra, and daily reverence—by which devotees ‘attain’ His grace and experience protection from fear and instability.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice śaraṇāgati while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with steady bhakti; support it with simple Liṅga-abhiṣeka (water/milk as per capacity) and, where traditional, Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders of refuge in Śiva.