Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14

पार्वतीबाल्यलीलावर्णनम् — Description of Pārvatī’s Childhood/Birth Festivities

Devanagari script

तत्र सा ववृधे देवी गिरिराजगृहे शिवा । गंगेव वर्षासमये शरदीवाथ चन्द्रिका

Transliteration

tatra sā vavṛdhe devī girirājagṛhe śivā | gaṃgeva varṣāsamaye śaradīvātha candrikā

Translation

在那里，在山王吉利罗阇（喜马拉雅）的家中，女神——湿婆妃（帕尔瓦蒂）——渐渐成长、兴盛繁茂：如恒河在雨季奔涌，又如秋空澄澈时的月华清辉。

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• vavṛdhe: grew
• vavṛdhe: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛdh (वृध्)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (कर्ता; appositive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to sā

• girirāja-gṛhe: in the house of the mountain-king
• girirāja-gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: girirāja (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: गिरिराजस्य गृहे

• śivā: Śivā (Pārvatī)
• śivā: Karta (कर्ता; appositive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); apposition/epithet of devī

• gaṅgā-iva: like the Gaṅgā
• gaṅgā-iva: Upamāna (उपमान/standard of comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Simile marker (उपमावाचक अव्यय) with noun in nominative implied; gaṅgā (स्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन) + iva

• varṣā-samaye: in the rainy season
• varṣā-samaye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + samaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: वर्षायाः समये

• śaradī-iva: like (the beauty) in autumn
• śaradī-iva: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śaradī (प्रातिपदिक) + iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Simile marker (उपमावाचक अव्यय); śaradī (स्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन) + iva

• atha: and/then
• atha: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/conjunction (अनन्तर/समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• candrikā: moonlight
• candrikā: Upamāna (उपमान/metaphoric)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candrikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); metaphorical apposition

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Shiva
• Ganga
• Himalaya (Giriraja)

FAQs

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

It depicts Śakti (Pārvatī) maturing in purity and auspiciousness—like Gaṅgā’s fullness and autumn moonlight’s clarity—signifying the inner ripening required before divine union with Pati (Śiva) and the bestowal of grace.

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

Pārvatī is presented as Śivā—inseparable from Śiva—so devotion to Saguna Śiva (including Liṅga worship) is implicitly devotion to the united reality of Śiva-Śakti, where form becomes a vessel for grace and realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to cultivate steadiness and clarity through daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and purity of conduct—mirroring the verse’s imagery of fullness (Gaṅgā) and clarity (moonlight).