Shloka 50

Devanagari script

चतुस्स्थाने स्थिता देवि षोडशैताः प्रकीर्तिताः । तेषां प्रमाणं वक्ष्यामि साम्प्रतं हि यथार्थतः

Transliteration

catussthāne sthitā devi ṣoḍaśaitāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | teṣāṃ pramāṇaṃ vakṣyāmi sāmprataṃ hi yathārthataḥ

Translation

اے دیوی، چار مقامات میں قائم یہ سولہ امور بیان کیے گئے ہیں۔ اب میں ان کا درست پیمانہ اور معیار حقیقت کے مطابق بیان کرتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• चतुः-स्थाने: in the four places
• चतुः-स्थाने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुः (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (संख्यापूर्वक-निर्देश)

• स्थिताः: situated/placed
• स्थिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग? (contextually with एताः), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; predicate participle

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• षोडश: sixteen
• षोडश: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश (संख्यावाचक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, अव्ययवत्/अविकारी; एताः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• एताः: these (f.)
• एताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• प्रकीर्तिताः: have been declared
• प्रकीर्तिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• प्रमाणम्: measure/extent
• प्रमाणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person/उत्तम), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• साम्प्रतम्: now/at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रत (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• यथार्थतः: truthfully/accurately
• यथार्थतः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथार्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तसिल्-प्रत्ययार्थ (in the manner of)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It signals that Shaiva practice is not random: Shiva teaches that sacred principles (here, a set of sixteen arranged in four loci) have an inner order, and that correct “pramāṇa” aligns the aspirant (paśu) with the liberating grace of Pati (Shiva) according to Shaiva Siddhanta.

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

By promising the correct standard and measure, Shiva frames Saguna worship—such as Linga-upāsanā—as a disciplined, scripturally measured path where form-based devotion is performed with right proportion and understanding, leading the mind toward Shiva’s higher reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse suggests adherence to precise, tradition-based “pramāṇa” in worship—maintaining correct observance in mantra-japa (e.g., Panchakshara), and measured ritual discipline (such as regulated offerings and purity), rather than improvisation.