Shloka 47

घनागमवर्णनम् / Description of the Monsoon’s Onset

Satī’s Address to Śiva

Devanagari script

तत्र देवी सखियुता साप्सरोगणमंडिता । नित्यं करिष्यति शची तव योग्यां सहायताम्

Transliteration

tatra devī sakhiyutā sāpsarogaṇamaṃḍitā | nityaṃ kariṣyati śacī tava yogyāṃ sahāyatām

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น เทวีศจีพร้อมสหาย และประดับด้วยหมู่อัปสรา จะถวายความช่วยเหลืออันสมควรแก่ท่านอยู่เนืองนิตย์

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सखि-युता: accompanied by friends
• सखि-युता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सखिभिः युता = accompanied by friends)

• स-अप्सरः-गण-मण्डिता: adorned with a host of apsarases
• स-अप्सरः-गण-मण्डिता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह) + अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अप्सरोगणेन मण्डिता; ‘स-’ = ‘with’)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• करिष्यति: will do/make
• करिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शची: Śacī
• शची: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• योग्याम्: suitable
• योग्याम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (सहायताम् इति)

• सहायताम्: help/assistance
• सहायताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहायता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Rudra Samhita account to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; it situates Devī’s movement with celestial support (Śacī, apsarases), typical of Purāṇic courtly framing.

Significance: General: association with devī-parivāra (divine retinue) underscores saṅga (holy company) as supportive for dharma and devotion.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shachi
• Apsaras

FAQs

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

The verse highlights that divine help arises in a “befitting” way (yogyā sahāyatā) when one is aligned with dharma; in Shaiva understanding, such supportive grace ultimately serves the soul’s progress toward Shiva’s favor and inner steadiness.

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

Though the verse names Śacī and Apsarases rather than the Liṅga directly, it reflects the Purāṇic principle that Saguna Shiva’s cosmic order includes divine agencies that assist devotees and uphold dharma—supporting the devotional path that culminates in Shiva-oriented worship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is to seek “worthy assistance” through disciplined devotion—regular japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steady purity of conduct—so that supportive circumstances arise naturally within Shiva’s ordained order.