Shloka 12

Devanagari script

दाक्षायणीन्तनुं त्यक्त्वा तव निन्दाप्रसंगतः । आसमद्य महेशान पुत्री हिमवतो गिरेः । कृपया परमेशान मंत्रदीक्षाविधानतः । मां विशुद्धात्मतत्त्वस्थां कुरु नित्यं महेश्वर

Transliteration

dākṣāyaṇīntanuṃ tyaktvā tava nindāprasaṃgataḥ | āsamadya maheśāna putrī himavato gireḥ | kṛpayā parameśāna maṃtradīkṣāvidhānataḥ | māṃ viśuddhātmatattvasthāṃ kuru nityaṃ maheśvara

Translation

آپ کی نِندا کے موقع پر داکشایَنی کا جسم ترک کرکے، اے مہیشان، اب میں ہِمَوَت پہاڑ کی بیٹی بن کر آپ کی پناہ میں آئی ہوں۔ اے پرمیشان، کرم فرما کر منتر-دیکشا کی وِدھی کے مطابق مجھے ہمیشہ شُدھ آتما-تتّو میں قائم کر دیجیے، اے مہیشور۔

Word by Word

• dākṣāyaṇīm: Dakshayani (Sati)
• dākṣāyaṇīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dākṣāyaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Acc. 2), Ekavacana (sg.)

• tanum: body
• tanum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (absolutive/gerund), pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Gen. 6), Ekavacana; pronoun

• nindā: censure
• nindā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nindā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana (as first member in compound)

• prasaṅgataḥ: from the occasion of (your) censure
• prasaṅgataḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Pañcamī vibhakti (Abl. 5), Ekavacana; nindā-prasaṅga = ‘occasion/context of censure’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ā-samadya: having approached
• ā-samadya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-sam-√ad (धातु)
• Form: Lyap/ktvā-artha avyaya (gerund), ‘having approached/come near’

• maheśāna: O Maheshana (Great Lord)
• maheśāna: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Voc.), Ekavacana

• putrī: daughter
• putrī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana

• himavataḥ: of Himavat
• himavataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen. 6), Ekavacana

• gireḥ: of the mountain
• gireḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen. 6), Ekavacana

• kṛpayā: by compassion
• kṛpayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instr. 3), Ekavacana

• parameśāna: O Supreme Lord
• parameśāna: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Voc.), Ekavacana

• mantra: mantra
• mantra: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, (compound member)

• dīkṣā: initiation
• dīkṣā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, (compound member)

• vidhānataḥ: according to/from the prescribed procedure
• vidhānataḥ: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Pañcamī (Abl. 5), Ekavacana; mantra-dīkṣā-vidhāna = ‘procedure of mantra-initiation’ (समाहार/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष chain)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana; pronoun

• viśuddha: pure
• viśuddha: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśuddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (compound member) past participle used adjectivally

• ātma: self
• ātma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (compound member)

• tattva: principle/reality
• tattva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (compound member)

• sthām: abiding in (that)
• sthām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana; -sthā (present participial adjective ‘standing/abiding’), viśuddha-ātma-tattva-sthā = ‘abiding in pure self-reality’ (तत्पुरुष chain)

• kuru: make/do
• kuru: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• maheśvara: O Maheshvara
• maheśvara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Voc.), Ekavacana

Speaker

Parvati (Uma), recalling her identity as Sati (Dakshayani) and praying to Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Sati (Dakshayani)
• Himavat

FAQs

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

Parvatī declares that after Satī’s self-abandonment due to Śiva’s insult, she has returned as Himavat’s daughter and seeks Śiva’s grace through mantra-dīkṣā—showing that liberation (being established in pure ātma-tattva) arises from devotion plus the Lord’s initiating grace.

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

By addressing Śiva as Maheśvara/Parameśāna and requesting mantra-initiation, the verse points to Saguna Śiva worship—approaching the Lord through a revealed mantra and regulated practice, which in Shaiva tradition is commonly centered on Śiva’s mantra and Linga-oriented devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It explicitly suggests mantra-dīkṣā (formal initiation) followed by steady mantra-japa and inner purification—aimed at abiding in viśuddha ātma-tattva (pure Self-principle) through Śiva’s continual grace.