Shloka 45

गणसमागमः (Śiva Summons the Gaṇas for the Great Festival)

Devanagari script

चामरैर्वीज्यमानोऽसौ स्वगणैः परिवारितः । पार्षदैर्विलसद्भिश्च स्वभूषाविधिभूषितः

Transliteration

cāmarairvījyamāno'sau svagaṇaiḥ parivāritaḥ | pārṣadairvilasadbhiśca svabhūṣāvidhibhūṣitaḥ

Translation

他以牦牛尾拂（chāmara）受扇拂清风，为自家伽那环绕；又有光耀的侍从众（pāriṣada）随侍左右，依其仪轨佩戴自有圣饰与天界威仪之具，灿然生辉。

Word by Word

• चामरैः: with yak-tail fans
• चामरैः: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चामर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• वीज्यमानः: being fanned
• वीज्यमानः: कर्ता-विशेषण (participle qualifying subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीज् (धातु)
• Form: शानच् (Present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘being fanned’

• असौ: he (that one)
• असौ: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• स्वगणैः: by his own attendants
• स्वगणैः: करण (Instrument/attendant agency)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘by his own gaṇas’

• परिवारितः: surrounded
• परिवारितः: कर्ता-विशेषण (predicate/participle of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘surrounded’

• पार्षदैः: by attendants (retinue)
• पार्षदैः: करण (Instrument/associates)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• विलसद्भिः: shining, splendid
• विलसद्भिः: करण-विशेषण (qualifier of instrument)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विलस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; agrees with ‘पार्षदैः’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्वभूषाविधिभूषितः: adorned with the proper arrangement of his own ornaments
• स्वभूषाविधिभूषितः: कर्ता-विशेषण (adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व + भूषा + विधि + भूषित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-समास: ‘adorned by/with the arrangement of his own ornaments’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; it is a royal/utsava description of the deity (or exalted figure) attended by gaṇas and pāriṣadas with cāmara service.

Significance: Models sevā (service) as worship: fanning (cāmara), accompaniment by attendants, and regulated ornamentation reflect temple-ritual ideals of upacāra.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Ganas
• Parshadas

FAQs

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

The verse highlights Śiva’s saguna (manifest) majesty—His divine presence is not abstract but experientially accessible through darśana, where His splendor, attendants, and sacred regalia awaken bhakti and reverent surrender toward Pati, the Lord of all beings.

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

It supports saguna-upāsanā by portraying Śiva as worship-worthy in a personal, royal form attended by gaṇas and pāriṣadas; such descriptions complement Liṅga worship by teaching that the same Supreme is approached either through the aniconic Liṅga or through devotional contemplation of His manifest form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to cultivate darśana-bhāva in pūjā: offer upacāras (honorific services) such as fanning, lamps, and ornaments (symbolically), while mentally visualizing Śiva’s radiant form and repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya.”