Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14

मङ्गलपत्रिकाग्रहणम् — Reception of the Auspicious Marriage Invitation

Devanagari script

कृतं महत्तपो देव्या पार्वत्या तव शासनात् । तस्यै वरो मया दत्तः पतित्वे तोषितेन वै

Transliteration

kṛtaṃ mahattapo devyā pārvatyā tava śāsanāt | tasyai varo mayā dattaḥ patitve toṣitena vai

Translation

依你之命，女神帕尔瓦蒂修行了伟大的苦行。因而我心欢喜，便赐予她恩愿：湿婆将成为她的夫君。

Word by Word

• कृतम्: done / performed
• कृतम्: क्रिया-भाव (predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (‘was done’)

• महत्: great
• महत्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of तपः)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता) (in passive sense: ‘austerity was performed’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देव्या: by the goddess
• देव्या: कर्तृ (agent in passive; कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पार्वत्या: by Pārvatī
• पार्वत्या: कर्तृ (agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; देव्या इति विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• तव: your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शासनात्: from (because of) the command
• शासनात्: अपादान/हेतु (cause-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (because of/according to command)

• तस्यै: to her
• तस्यै: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: कर्म (Karma/कर्म) (of दत्तः in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्तृ (agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दत्तः: given
• दत्तः: क्रिया-भाव (predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि (‘was given’)

• पति-त्वे: in (the matter of) husbandhood
• पति-त्वे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (प्रत्यय; भाववाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धित/कृदन्तार्थ ‘patitva’ (state of being husband)

• तोषितेन: (by me) being pleased
• तोषितेन: करण/हेतु (instrument/cause: ‘when pleased’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तोषित (कृदन्त, √तुष् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कृदन्तः—क्त; ‘being pleased’ (instrumental of attendant circumstance)

• वै: indeed
• वै: सम्बन्ध (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Brahmā

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Brahma
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It shows that steadfast tapas done with devotion bears fruit through divine grace—when the devotee’s discipline is mature, the Lord (Pati) responds by granting the sought union and spiritual fulfillment.

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

Pārvatī’s tapas culminates in receiving Shiva as husband, highlighting Saguna Shiva as the accessible, grace-bestowing Lord; Linga-worship similarly channels devotion and discipline toward receiving Shiva’s anugraha (grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Austerity with regulated worship—observing vrata (especially Mahāśivarātri), japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and disciplined daily pūjā with purity and restraint.