Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 21

पार्वतीजन्मवर्णनम् / Description of Pārvatī’s Birth

Devanagari script

शिवप्रिये महेशानि देवदुःखक्षयंकरि । त्रैलोक्यमाता शर्वाणी व्यापिनी भक्तवत्सला

Transliteration

śivapriye maheśāni devaduḥkhakṣayaṃkari | trailokyamātā śarvāṇī vyāpinī bhaktavatsalā

Translation

噢，湿婆所钟爱者，噢，摩诃伊舍尼——能消除诸天忧苦者！三界之母，舍尔瓦妮，遍满一切者，你以柔和慈爱眷顾诸奉者。

Word by Word

• शिवप्रिये: O beloved of Śiva
• शिवप्रिये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + प्रिय)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तत्पुरुष-समासः (शिवस्य प्रिया)

• महेशानि: O Maheśānī
• महेशानि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• देवदुःखक्षयंकरि: O doer of the destruction of the gods’ sorrow
• देवदुःखक्षयंकरि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-दुःख-क्षय-करि (प्रातिपदिक; देव + दुःख + क्षय + करि)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां दुःखस्य क्षयं करोति)

• त्रैलोक्यमाता: mother of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यमाता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य-माता (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + लोक → त्रैलोक्य + माता)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तत्पुरुष-समासः (त्रैलोक्यस्य माता)

• शर्वाणी: Śarvāṇī
• शर्वाणी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• व्यापिनी: all-pervading
• व्यापिनी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √व्याप् (धातु) → व्यापिन्/व्यापिनी (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त-प्राय (present participial adjective), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; 'pervading'

• भक्तवत्सला: affectionate to devotees
• भक्तवत्सला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्त-वत्सल (प्रातिपदिक; भक्त + वत्सल)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तत्पुरुष-समासः (भक्तेषु वत्सला)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the praise within the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: śivapriye maheśāni devaduḥkhakṣayaṃkari | trailokyamātā śarvāṇī vyāpinī bhaktavatsalā

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse presents Pārvatī as Śiva’s Śakti—both immanent (vyāpinī, all-pervading) and compassionate (bhaktavatsalā). In a Shaiva Siddhānta lens, it highlights divine grace (anugraha) that removes sorrow and supports the devotee’s movement toward liberation.

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

Calling her ‘Śivapriyā’ and ‘Maheśānī’ ties her inseparably to Śiva’s saguna form worshipped as the Liṅga. Devotees approach Śiva with Śakti—through reverence, mantra, and pūjā—recognizing that grace flows through their united reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is devotional japa and stuti: recite the verse as a praise to Devī before Liṅga-pūjā, along with Panchākṣarī japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to cultivate bhakti and seek the removal of inner sorrow.