Shloka 14

अत्रीश्वरमाहात्म्यवर्णनम् (Atrīśvara-māhātmya-varṇanam) — “Account of the Greatness of Atrīśvara”

Devanagari script

उवाच वचनं चैतल्लोकानां सुखहेतवे । अनसूया मुनेः पत्नी दिव्यरूपां सरिद्वराम्

Transliteration

uvāca vacanaṃ caitallokānāṃ sukhahetave | anasūyā muneḥ patnī divyarūpāṃ saridvarām

Translation

Vì hạnh phúc và an lạc của muôn loài, Anasūyā—phu nhân của bậc hiền thánh—đã nói những lời này, hướng đến dòng sông tối thượng, rực sáng trong dáng hình thần diệu.

Word by Word

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds/of people
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (plural)

• सुखहेतवे: for the cause of happiness
• सुखहेतवे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सुखस्य हेतुः), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), चतुर्थी (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• अनसूया: Anasūyā
• अनसूया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनसूया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• पत्नी: wife
• पत्नी: Apposition to Karta (कर्ता-विशेषण/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• दिव्यरूपाम्: having a divine form
• दिव्यरूपाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (दिव्यं रूपं यस्याः/दिव्यरूपा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• सरिद्वराम्: the excellent river
• सरिद्वराम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (वरा सरित्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode and reporting Anasūyā’s speech)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Anasūyā’s forthcoming speech is framed as ‘lokānāṃ sukhahetave’—a didactic tīrtha/river sanctification context, not a Jyotirliṅga legend.

Significance: Positions the river as ‘saridvarā’ (best of rivers) whose presence benefits the worlds—supporting snāna, śrāddha, and Śaiva rites.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Anasūyā

FAQs

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

It presents compassionate speech (hita-vākya) offered for the welfare of the worlds, highlighting that sacred guidance—often connected with tīrthas in the Koṭirudrasaṃhitā—supports dharma and inner purification that leads toward Shiva-oriented liberation.

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

Koṭirudrasaṃhitā commonly frames rivers and tīrthas as supportive contexts for Jyotirliṅga worship; praising or addressing a ‘best of rivers’ points to pilgrimage culture where devotees approach Saguna Shiva in liṅga form with greater purity and receptivity.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is tīrtha-sevā: bathing with reverence, offering water (jala/abhisheka) to Shiva, and repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with a welfare-intention (lokahita-bhāva).