Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

गिरिजाम्भूषयामास नानारत्नांशुकैर्वरैः । द्वादशाभरणैश्चैव शृंगारैर्नृपसम्मितैः

Transliteration

girijāmbhūṣayāmāsa nānāratnāṃśukairvaraiḥ | dvādaśābharaṇaiścaiva śṛṃgārairnṛpasammitaiḥ

Translation

他以镶嵌诸宝的上妙衣裳装点吉利迦（帕尔瓦蒂），又以十二种饰物为之庄严——精致陈设，宛如王后之仪。

Word by Word

• गिरिजाम्: Girijā (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अम्भूषयामास: adorned
• अम्भूषयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भूष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (अङ्ग) भूषयामास = ‘adorned’

• नाना-रत्न-अंशुकैः: with garments (cloths) set with various jewels
• नाना-रत्न-अंशुकैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + अंशुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः—रत्नैः युक्तानि अंशुकानि (determinative)

• वरैः: excellent, splendid
• वरैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the instruments)

• द्वादश-अभरणैः: with twelve ornaments
• द्वादश-अभरणैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + आभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (numerical compound)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• शृंगारैः: with adornments/embellishments
• शृंगारैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृंगार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• नृप-सम्मितैः: befitting kings / king-like
• नृप-सम्मितैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्मित (कृदन्त; सम्+मा धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—नृपैः सम्मिताः (comparable to kings / kingly)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Gaurī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse highlights bhakti expressed as reverent service (seva): honoring the Divine Mother with auspicious adornment signifies inner purity, dignity, and readiness for sacred union with Shiva’s grace.

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

Although the verse describes Parvati, it supports Saguna devotion central to Shiva Purana: honoring Shiva’s Shakti (Parvati) is inseparable from worship of Shiva, and such devotion naturally culminates in Linga-centered reverence in Shaiva tradition.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests offering-based devotion: perform simple, pure adornment and upachara (flowers, clean cloth, fragrance) to Shiva-Parvati, while mentally reciting the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as an inner ornament of the mind.