Shloka 3

प्रस्थान-विरह-विलापः

Departure and Lament in Separation

Devanagari script

समाप्तोऽयं तृतीयः पार्वतीखण्डः

Transliteration

samāpto'yaṃ tṛtīyaḥ pārvatīkhaṇḍaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ‘ปารวตีขันฑะ’ ภาคที่สามในรุดรสํหิตา จึงสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• समाप्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आप्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/विधेय), एकवचन; भूतकालिक विशेषण (completed)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तृतीयः: third
• तृतीयः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal)

• पार्वतीखण्डः: the Pārvatī section
• पार्वतीखण्डः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Pārvatī’s section)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It functions as a formal saṃāpti (closure), marking the completion of a sacred unit of narration; in Shaiva tradition, such endings affirm the wholeness (pūrṇatā) of the teaching and invite the listener to retain the bhakti and siddhānta conveyed through the Shiva–Pārvatī narrative.

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

While the verse itself is a colophon, it closes the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa portion of the Rudra Saṃhitā, whose broader arc supports Saguna upāsanā—devotion to Shiva with attributes—often expressed through liṅga-pūjā and reverence to Śiva-Śakti as the complete divine reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As a concluding marker, it implies a traditional practice of ending recitation with śānti-pāṭha, offering mental salutations to Shiva and Śakti, and resuming steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as the takeaway discipline.