Shloka 56

दक्षस्य दुहितृविवाहवर्णनम् / The Marriages of Dakṣa’s Daughters

Genealogical Allocation

Devanagari script

आचरन्निजभावेन सखीमध्यगता यदा । तदा लिलेख भर्गस्य प्रतिमामन्वहं मुहुः

Transliteration

ācarannijabhāvena sakhīmadhyagatā yadā | tadā lilekha bhargasya pratimāmanvahaṃ muhuḥ

Translation

เมื่อสตีอยู่ท่ามกลางสหายและประพฤติตามธรรมชาติของตน นางก็วันแล้ววันเล่า วาดพระรูปของภัรกะ (พระศิวะ) ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า

Word by Word

• आचरन्: doing/practising
• आचरन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√चर् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः—शतृ-प्रत्ययान्तः (Present active participle/शतृ), पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); क्रियाविशेषणभावेन (adverbial participle)

• निजभावेन: by/with her own nature
• निजभावेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निजभाव (प्रातिपदिक) = निज (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative)

• सखी: female friend
• सखी: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• मध्यगता: having gone into the midst (of)
• मध्यगता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यगत (प्रातिपदिक) = मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past passive participle); सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (locative determinative: ‘gone into the middle’)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb/conjunction)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (correlative temporal adverb)

• लिलेख: wrote/drew
• लिलेख: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिख् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• भर्गस्य: of Bharga (Śiva)
• भर्गस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचनम्

• प्रतिमाम्: image/figure
• प्रतिमाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• अन्वहम्: day after day
• अन्वहम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्वहम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb) ; अव्ययीभावः (anu + ahan → ‘day by day’)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्तिवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of frequency)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sati

FAQs

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

It shows Satī’s single-pointed bhakti: even in ordinary social life she repeatedly returns to Śiva in thought and expression. In Śaiva Siddhānta terms, such steady remembrance purifies the bound soul (paśu) and loosens the bonds (pāśa) by turning the mind toward Pati, Lord Śiva.

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

Drawing Śiva’s ‘pratimā’ reflects saguna-upāsanā—devotion through a form that the mind can hold. This supports the same principle as Liṅga worship: a tangible focus that gathers attention, deepens reverence, and matures into inner contemplation of Śiva’s presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is japa and smaraṇa with a visual support: keep a Śiva image or Liṅga as a focus, repeat “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and return to that remembrance repeatedly throughout the day—like Satī’s constant re-drawing of Bharga.