Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 25

नारद–हिमालयसंवादवर्णनम्

Nārada and Himālaya: Discourse on Pārvatī’s Signs and Destiny

Devanagari script

भाविनी दयिता शम्भोस्सानुकूला सदा हरे । महासाध्वी सुव्रता च पित्रोस्सुखविवर्द्धिनी

Transliteration

bhāvinī dayitā śambhossānukūlā sadā hare | mahāsādhvī suvratā ca pitrossukhavivarddhinī

Translation

她名为婆毗尼（Bhāvinī）——恒常趋向吉祥；为商婆（Śambhu）之挚爱；亦常以慈和之心善待并护持哈利（Hari）。她是大贞洁的圣女，坚住善誓，增益双亲之欢喜。

Word by Word

• भाविनी: future (prospective)
• भाविनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाविनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• दयिता: beloved
• दयिता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दयित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सानुकूला: favorable
• सानुकूला: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह) + अनुकूल (प्रातिपदिक) → सानुकूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सहित-अनुकूला’ इति कर्मधारयभाव (favorable/agreeable)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• हरे: O Hari
• हरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि/हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• महा-साध्वी: greatly virtuous woman
• महा-साध्वी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महती साध्वी)

• सु-व्रता: of good vows
• सु-व्रता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) → सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुन्दरं व्रतं यस्याः/या)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• पित्रोः: of (her) two parents
• पित्रोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन

• सुख-विवर्धिनी: increasing happiness
• सुख-विवर्धिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्धिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुखस्य विवर्धिनी = increaser of happiness)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu
• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse praises Pārvatī as the ideal Śakti—pure in conduct, steady in vows, and naturally auspicious—showing that true spiritual power expresses itself as dharma, compassion, and harmony, leading beings toward Shiva’s grace.

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

By naming her as Śambhu’s beloved and supremely virtuous, the text presents Saguna Shiva worship as inseparable from honoring Śakti’s qualities—purity, vrata, and devotion—which mature the devotee’s mind for reverence of the Liṅga and Shiva’s compassionate form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adopt a simple vrata (disciplined observance) with bhakti—daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” and a vow of purity and truthfulness—mirroring the “suvratā” quality praised in the verse.