Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 75

पार्वत्याः यात्रासंस्कारः तथा पातिव्रत्योपदेशः / Preparations for Girijā’s Auspicious Journey and the Teaching on Pātivratya

Devanagari script

या पितृभ्रातृसुतवत् परम्पश्यति सद्धिया । मध्यमा सा हि कथिता शैलजे वै पतिव्रता

Transliteration

yā pitṛbhrātṛsutavat parampaśyati saddhiyā | madhyamā sā hi kathitā śailaje vai pativratā

Translation

Hỡi Ái nữ của Núi! Người vợ giữ hạnh pativratā, với trí tuệ thanh tịnh và phân minh, nhìn những người đàn ông khác như cha, như anh em, như con trai—người ấy thật được tuyên xưng là bậc trung (madhyamā) của pativratā.

Word by Word

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• pitṛ-bhrātṛ-suta-vat: like a father/brother/son
• pitṛ-bhrātṛ-suta-vat: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तद्धितान्त ‘-वत्’ (like); अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial comparison)

• param: another (man)
• param: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of implied ‘patim’)

• paśyati: sees/regards
• paśyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• sat-dhiyā: with good sense
• sat-dhiyā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + dhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘सत् धिः’ = good understanding); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• madhyamā: middling/medium
• madhyamā: Visheshya (विशेष्य/प्रातिपदिकार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• kathitā: is said/called
• kathitā: Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (PPP); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

• śailaje: O Śailajā
• śailaje: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śailajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘शैलजा’ (mountain-born, Pārvatī)

• vai: certainly
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/assurance)

• pati-vratā: a devoted wife
• pati-vratā: Visheshya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक) + vratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘पतेः व्रता’ = devoted to husband); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय/विशेष्य

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches inner purity (saddhī) expressed as disciplined perception: ethical restraint begins in the mind, and such restraint supports dharma and steadiness in devotion within the householder path.

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

Saguna Shiva worship is upheld by conduct aligned with dharma; controlling desire and maintaining purity of vision makes the devotee fit for mantra-japa and reverent Linga worship without hypocrisy.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice mental niyama alongside devotion: daily Panchākṣarī japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and mindful restraint of the senses, cultivating the habit of seeing others through the lens of reverence and kinship.