Shloka 28

गिरिराजस्य शिवनिमन्त्रणम् / The Mountain-King Invites Śiva

Hospitality to Śiva and the Devas

Devanagari script

अङ्गीकृतं परेशेन तत्तद्बोधनतो मुने । यात्रार्थमगमच्छम्भुश्शैलेशं सामरादिकः

Transliteration

aṅgīkṛtaṃ pareśena tattadbodhanato mune | yātrārthamagamacchambhuśśaileśaṃ sāmarādikaḥ

Translation

Hỡi hiền triết, để chỉ dạy các tín đồ về những điều ấy, Đấng Tối Thượng đã chấp thuận lời thỉnh cầu. Rồi Śambhu lên đường hành hương, đi đến Śaileśa, có chư thiên và các bậc khác tháp tùng.

Word by Word

• अङ्गीकृतम्: accepted
• अङ्गीकृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: aṅgī-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘accepted/assented’

• परेशेन: by the Supreme Lord
• परेशेन: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pareśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सन्दर्भसूचक

• तत्: that (very)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic)

• बोधनतः: from the instruction
• बोधनतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bodhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (from/owing to the instruction)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यात्रार्थम्: for the purpose of a journey/pilgrimage
• यात्रार्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā-artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: यात्रायाः अर्थः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

• अगमत्: went
• अगमत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शैलेशम्: the lord of the mountain (Himālaya)
• शैलेशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: शैलस्य ईशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सामरादिकः: accompanied by gods and others
• सामरादिकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-amara-ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: स + अमर + आदिक (सह-भाव/‘with gods and others’; उपपद-तत्पुरुषवत् प्रयोगः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of शम्भुः)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The verse introduces a yātrā (sacred journey) undertaken by Śambhu for ‘tattad-bodhana’—instruction. ‘Śaileśa’ here reads as a mountain-lord sacred locus rather than a named Jyotirliṅga; without further chapter context, it cannot be securely mapped to any of the 12 Jyotirliṅgas.

Significance: Frames pilgrimage as pedagogical anugraha: Śiva’s movement to a sacred site becomes a means to awaken right knowledge and devotion in beings; yātrā is not mere travel but a grace-act that reorders pashu toward Pati.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devas

FAQs

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

It shows Śiva acting as the supreme teacher (Parameśvara) who accepts a course of action not from necessity, but to instruct beings—demonstrating that sacred conduct like tīrtha-yātrā can be a means to awaken devotion and right understanding.

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

Śambhu’s visible, pilgrim-like movement highlights Saguna Śiva—God approachable through form, place, and story—encouraging devotees to honor śiva-kṣetras and liṅga-centered worship with faith, while remembering His transcendence as Parameśvara.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is tīrtha-yātrā with Śiva-smaraṇa: visit Śiva’s sacred places, worship the liṅga with mantra (especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and keep steady remembrance as the core inner practice.