Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 40

पार्वत्याः यात्रासंस्कारः तथा पातिव्रत्योपदेशः / Preparations for Girijā’s Auspicious Journey and the Teaching on Pātivratya

Devanagari script

हृष्टाहृष्टे विषण्णा स्याद्विषण्णास्ये प्रिये प्रिया । पतिव्रता भवेद्देवी सदा पतिहितैषिणी

Transliteration

hṛṣṭāhṛṣṭe viṣaṇṇā syādviṣaṇṇāsye priye priyā | pativratā bhaveddevī sadā patihitaiṣiṇī

Translation

Kapag ang minamahal na asawa ay hindi nalulugod, siya’y dapat makadama ng lungkot; kapag malungkot ang mukha nito, siya’y maging pinakamamahal sa pamamagitan ng pag-aliw at pagdamay. Sa gayon, ang Diyosa ay tunay na pativratā—laging naghahangad ng kabutihan ng asawa—na nagpapakita na ang paglilingkod sa Pati (Panginoon) ay isang banal na panata na nagpapatatag sa dharma at naglilinis ng puso tungo sa kalayaan (moksha).

Word by Word

• हृष्टा: delighted
• हृष्टा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• अहृष्टे: in (a situation) not delighted
• अहृष्टे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of condition)

• विषण्णा: dejected
• विषण्णा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषण्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विषण्णा: dejected
• विषण्णा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषण्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अस्ये: in the face
• अस्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative: 'in the face/visage')

• प्रिये: in/with the beloved (husband)
• प्रिये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; संबन्ध/अधिकरण (with respect to the beloved)

• प्रिया: the beloved (wife)
• प्रिया: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृपद

• पतिव्रता: devoted to her husband
• पतिव्रता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पति + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pati-vrata: 'having vow toward husband'); विशेषण

• भवेत्: should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवी: the lady; goddess-like woman
• देवी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपद/सम्बोधनार्थे (here: subject)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• पतिहितैषिणी: seeking her husband's good
• पतिहितैषिणी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पति + हित + एषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pati-hita-eṣiṇī: 'seeking husband's welfare'); विशेषण

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Rudra Saṃhitā account of Pārvatī’s pativratā-dharma to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches that true devotion is empathetic and welfare-seeking: aligning one’s emotions and actions with the beloved’s good. In Shaiva terms, this mirrors the soul’s bhakti toward Pati (Shiva), where selfless care and steadiness purify the mind and support liberation.

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

Saguna Shiva is approached through loving service (sevā) and attentive devotion. The verse models that relational bhakti—seeking the Lord’s pleasure and welfare—which translates into reverent, consistent Linga worship performed with a compassionate, surrendered heart.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily bhakti-discipline: perform Linga pūjā with the intention of “pati-hita” (the Lord’s pleasure), and support it with simple japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” in a mood of service and inner attentiveness.