Shloka 28

गिरिराजस्य शिवनिमन्त्रणम् / The Mountain-King Invites Śiva

Hospitality to Śiva and the Devas

Devanagari script

अङ्गीकृतं परेशेन तत्तद्बोधनतो मुने । यात्रार्थमगमच्छम्भुश्शैलेशं सामरादिकः

Transliteration

aṅgīkṛtaṃ pareśena tattadbodhanato mune | yātrārthamagamacchambhuśśaileśaṃ sāmarādikaḥ

Translation

ดูก่อนฤๅษี เมื่อพระผู้เป็นสูงสุดศัมภูทรงรับคำขอนั้นเพื่อให้ความรู้ในเรื่องเหล่านั้น จึงเสด็จออกจาริกไปยังไศเลศะ พร้อมด้วยเหล่าเทพและหมู่อื่นๆ

Word by Word

• अङ्गीकृतम्: accepted
• अङ्गीकृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: aṅgī-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘accepted/assented’

• परेशेन: by the Supreme Lord
• परेशेन: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pareśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सन्दर्भसूचक

• तत्: that (very)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic)

• बोधनतः: from the instruction
• बोधनतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bodhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (from/owing to the instruction)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यात्रार्थम्: for the purpose of a journey/pilgrimage
• यात्रार्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā-artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: यात्रायाः अर्थः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

• अगमत्: went
• अगमत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शैलेशम्: the lord of the mountain (Himālaya)
• शैलेशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: शैलस्य ईशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सामरादिकः: accompanied by gods and others
• सामरादिकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-amara-ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: स + अमर + आदिक (सह-भाव/‘with gods and others’; उपपद-तत्पुरुषवत् प्रयोगः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of शम्भुः)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The verse introduces a yātrā (sacred journey) undertaken by Śambhu for ‘tattad-bodhana’—instruction. ‘Śaileśa’ here reads as a mountain-lord sacred locus rather than a named Jyotirliṅga; without further chapter context, it cannot be securely mapped to any of the 12 Jyotirliṅgas.

Significance: Frames pilgrimage as pedagogical anugraha: Śiva’s movement to a sacred site becomes a means to awaken right knowledge and devotion in beings; yātrā is not mere travel but a grace-act that reorders pashu toward Pati.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devas

FAQs

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

It shows Śiva acting as the supreme teacher (Parameśvara) who accepts a course of action not from necessity, but to instruct beings—demonstrating that sacred conduct like tīrtha-yātrā can be a means to awaken devotion and right understanding.

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

Śambhu’s visible, pilgrim-like movement highlights Saguna Śiva—God approachable through form, place, and story—encouraging devotees to honor śiva-kṣetras and liṅga-centered worship with faith, while remembering His transcendence as Parameśvara.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is tīrtha-yātrā with Śiva-smaraṇa: visit Śiva’s sacred places, worship the liṅga with mantra (especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and keep steady remembrance as the core inner practice.