Shloka 4
गृहस्थ-जीवनसंस्काराः तथा पुत्रजन्म-शुभलक्षणवर्णनम् / Household Saṃskāras and the Auspicious Portents of a Son’s Birth
ततः पुंसवनन्तेन स्यन्दनात्प्राग्विपश्चिता । गृह्योक्तविधिना सम्यक्कृतम्पुंस्त्वविवृद्धये
tataḥ puṃsavanantena syandanātprāgvipaścitā | gṛhyoktavidhinā samyakkṛtampuṃstvavivṛddhaye
اس کے بعد، حمل کی علامتیں ظاہر ہونے سے پہلے، اس دانا عورت نے گِرہیہ سوتروں میں بتائے ہوئے طریقے کے مطابق باقاعدہ پُمسون (پُنسون) سنسکار ادا کیا، تاکہ پُںستْو تَتْو اور رحم میں پلنے والے بچے کی درست نشوونما اور خیر و برکت ہو۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It emphasizes that a Shaiva householder supports spiritual life through dharma—performing samskāras with purity and right method—so that family life becomes a disciplined foundation for devotion to Shiva.
Though the verse is about a domestic rite, in the Shiva Purana such dharmic observances are typically integrated with Saguna Shiva worship—daily reverence to Shiva (often via the Linga) sanctifies life-cycle rites and aligns the household with Shiva’s auspicious order.
It points to performing the puṃsavana samskāra according to Gṛhya procedure; a Shaiva takeaway is to accompany such rites with Shiva-smaraṇa (remembrance), mantra-japa like “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and sattvic discipline.