Shloka 47

शिवसतीविवाहोत्तरलीला — Post‑marital Līlā of Śiva and Satī

Devanagari script

इति हिमगिरिकुंजप्रस्थभागे दरीषु प्रतिदिनमभिरेमे दक्षपुत्र्या महेशः । क्रतुभुजपरिमाणैः क्रीडतस्तस्य जाता दश दश च सुरर्षे वत्सराः पंच चान्ये

Transliteration

iti himagirikuṃjaprasthabhāge darīṣu pratidinamabhireme dakṣaputryā maheśaḥ | kratubhujaparimāṇaiḥ krīḍatastasya jātā daśa daśa ca surarṣe vatsarāḥ paṃca cānye

Translation

于是，在喜马拉雅林岭坡间的幽谷与山洞里，摩诃伊湿伐罗（湿婆）日日与达叉之女萨蒂同享欢悦。依享受祭祀份额之诸天的计时，噢最胜仙者，当他在彼处嬉游之时，二十年又加五年，悄然流逝。

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (इति-प्रयोगः)

• hima-giri-kuṃja-prastha-bhāge: in the region/part of the plateau of the grove on Himālaya mountain
• hima-giri-kuṃja-prastha-bhāge: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hima (प्रातिपदिक) + giri (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṃja (प्रातिपदिक) + prastha (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (हिमगिरेः कुंजस्य प्रस्थस्य भागे)

• darīṣu: in the caves/valleys
• darīṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• prati-dinam: every day
• prati-dinam: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) used adverbially; accusative-form frozen as indeclinable; meaning ‘each day’

• abhireme: enjoyed/sported
• abhireme: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ram (धातु)
• Form: Luṅ (लुङ्, Aorist), Ātmanepada; 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); with prefix abhi- (अभि)

• dakṣa-putryā: with Dakṣa’s daughter (Satī)
• dakṣa-putryā: Sahakarana (सहकारण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दक्षस्य पुत्र्या)

• maheśaḥ: Maheśa (Śiva)
• maheśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• kratu-bhuja-parimāṇaiḥ: by measures of (ritual) time/portions
• kratu-bhuja-parimāṇaiḥ: Hetu/Prakaraṇa (हेतु/प्रकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kratu (प्रातिपदिक) + bhuja (प्रातिपदिक) + parimāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (क्रतुभुजस्य परिमाणैः = ‘by measures of time/ritual portions’)

• krīḍataḥ: of (him) sporting/playing
• krīḍataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: krīḍ (धातु)
• Form: Śatṛ-pratyaya present active participle (वर्तमानकाले शतृ), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; masculine/neuter agreeing with ‘tasya’ (of him who was sporting)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular, Masculine/Neuter

• jātāḥ: were produced/elapsed
• jātāḥ: Kriya (क्रिया/भूतकर्मणि-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/क्त-प्रत्यय), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन), Masculine; predicative with ‘vatsarāḥ’

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), Nominative/Accusative, Plural sense; used distributively with repetition

• daśa: ten (again)
• daśa: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), repeated for emphasis/distribution

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• sura-ṛṣe: O divine sage
• sura-ṛṣe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; कर्मधारयः—‘सुरश्चासौ ऋषिः’

• vatsarāḥ: years
• vatsarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/elapsed years as subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• paṃca: five
• paṃca: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṃca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-like usage; qualifying ‘vatsarāḥ’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• anye: other/additional
• anye: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agrees with ‘vatsarāḥ’

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmī

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Himalayan cave-groves as the divine residence where Śiva and Satī dwell in līlā; not framed here as a Jyotirliṅga origin.

Significance: Contemplation of Śiva-Śakti’s gṛhastha-līlā as sanctifying; inspires steadiness in dharma and devotion.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: nurturing

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Divine time-reckoning contrasted with human time (years measured by devas/kratubhuj).

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Maheśa)
• Satī
• Dakṣa
• Himālaya (Himagiri)
• Devas (Kratu-bhuj)

FAQs

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

It presents Śiva’s līlā with Satī in the Himālaya as a sacred, purifying remembrance: the Lord, though transcendent (Pati), freely assumes a gracious, relational form (saguṇa) to uplift devotees and sanctify place and time through divine presence.

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

By highlighting Maheśa’s manifest, approachable presence with Satī, the verse supports saguṇa-upāsanā—worship of Śiva in a form devotees can love and serve. In Śaiva practice, the Liṅga similarly embodies the Lord’s accessible presence while still pointing to His supreme, formless reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple takeaway is daily smaraṇa (remembrance) of Śiva-Satī and japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a steady, day-by-day devotion (pratidinam), optionally accompanied by vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa to stabilize bhakti and inner purity.