Shloka 70

शिवध्यानपूजनवर्णनम्

Description of Śiva Meditation and Worship

Devanagari script

हेमारविन्दं विलसद्दधानां दक्षिणे करे । चण्डवच्चामरं हस्तं न्यस्यासीनां सुखासने

Transliteration

hemāravindaṃ vilasaddadhānāṃ dakṣiṇe kare | caṇḍavaccāmaraṃ hastaṃ nyasyāsīnāṃ sukhāsane

Translation

她安坐于舒适的座榻之上：右手娴雅持一朵金莲；另一手安放如庄严侍者之姿，执持仪式用的拂尘（chamara）。

Word by Word

• हेम-अरविन्दम्: a golden lotus
• हेम-अरविन्दम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम (प्रातिपदिक) + अरविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (हेममयम् अरविन्दम्)

• विलसत्: shining
• विलसत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विलसत् (कृदन्त, √लस्)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग; यहाँ ‘दधानाम्’ विशेषणरूपेण—“shining/gleaming”

• दधानाम्: bearing (it)
• दधानाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दधाना (कृदन्त, √धा)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; “bearing/holding”

• दक्षिणे: in the right
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘करे’ विशेषणम्

• करे: hand
• करे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• चण्डवत्: like (something) fierce/strong
• चण्डवत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चण्डवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (simile particle)

• चामरम्: a fly-whisk (cāmara)
• चामरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चामर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• हस्तम्: hand
• हस्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• न्यस्य: having placed
• न्यस्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√अस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — “having placed/put down”

• आसीनाम्: seated
• आसीनाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसीन (कृदन्त, आ√आस्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; “seated”

• सुख-आसने: on a comfortable seat
• सुख-आसने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (सुखस्य आसनम् / सुखकरम् आसनम्)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse presents the Divine Mother in a serene, auspicious, and royal form—signifying Shakti’s grace (anugraha) and her role as the compassionate power through which devotees approach Pati (Shiva) in Saguna worship.

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

In Shaiva Siddhanta, devotion often begins with Saguna contemplation—visualizing Shiva and Shakti’s divine attributes. Such descriptions stabilize the mind for puja and dhyana, which then mature into deeper recognition of Shiva as Pati beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Use this imagery for dhyana before Shiva–Parvati puja: visualize the Devi seated peacefully with lotus and chamara, then proceed with mantra-japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and offer flowers (lotus/flowers) in worship.