Shloka 27

पार्वतीवाक्यं—शिवस्य परब्रह्मत्व-निरूपणम्

Pārvatī’s Discourse: Establishing Śiva as Parabrahman

Devanagari script

शिवविद्वेषिणं दृष्ट्वा सचेलं स्नानमाचरेत् । शिवविद्वेषिणं दृष्ट्वा प्रायश्चितं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

śivavidveṣiṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā sacelaṃ snānamācaret | śivavidveṣiṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā prāyaścitaṃ samācaret

Translation

شِو کے دشمن کو دیکھ کر کپڑوں سمیت غسل کرنا چاہیے؛ اور شِو کے دشمن کو دیکھ کر باقاعدہ طور پر پرायَشچِت بھی کرنا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• शिवविद्वेषिणम्: a hater of Śiva
• शिवविद्वेषिणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva + vidveṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śivasya vidveṣī)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyā (क्रिया/Converb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having seen’

• सचेलम्: with clothes on
• सचेलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + cela (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/सह-समास (celena saha)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आचरेत्: should perform
• आचरेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√car (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• शिवविद्वेषिणम्: a hater of Śiva
• शिवविद्वेषिणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva + vidveṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyā (क्रिया/Converb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय

• प्रायश्चितम्: expiation
• प्रायश्चितम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समाचरेत्: should duly perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√car (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Teaches boundary-maintenance for bhakti: avoiding contamination of mind by dveṣa toward Śiva and restoring purity through snāna and prāyaścitta.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that contact with Śiva-nindā (hostility toward Śiva) is spiritually polluting, so the devotee should immediately restore inner and outer purity through ritual bathing and expiation, protecting bhakti and reverence toward Pati (Śiva).

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

Linga-worship is grounded in śraddhā and śuddhi; the verse warns that seeing a Śiva-hater can disturb devotional purity, so one should purify oneself before resuming acts like darśana, arcana, and japa to Saguna Śiva in the form of the Linga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It prescribes sacela-snāna (a clothed purificatory bath) and prāyaścitta; as a practical takeaway, one may also reaffirm devotion with Panchākṣarī japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and maintain Śiva-bhakti with a purified mind.