Shloka 54

Devanagari script

इह सर्वसमृद्धिः स्यान्नानासुखवहाधिका । परत्र परमा मुक्तिर्नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

iha sarvasamṛddhiḥ syānnānāsukhavahādhikā | paratra paramā muktirnātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

هنا، في هذه الحياة نفسها، ينال المرء تمام الازدهار، حاملاً أفراحًا شتّى وأسمى؛ وفيما بعد ينال التحرّر الأسمى (موكشا). ولا حاجة هنا إلى مزيد من التفكّر.

Word by Word

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सर्वसमृद्धिः: complete prosperity
• सर्वसमृद्धिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘सर्वा समृद्धिः’ इति कर्मधारय

• स्यात्: would be/shall be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नाना: various
• नाना: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable meaning ‘various’)

• सुखवहा: bringing happiness
• सुखवहा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख + वह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सुखं वहति’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थे विशेषण

• अधिका: greater/exceeding
• अधिका: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• परत्र: hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (in the other world/thereafter)

• परमा: supreme
• परमा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• कार्या: to be done/necessary
• कार्या: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• विचारणा: consideration/deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General phalaśruti: worship/recitation connected with Śiva (especially liṅga-upāsanā) yields both iha (worldly welfare) and paratra (mokṣa).

Significance: Assures bhukti–mukti: prosperity in life and supreme liberation after death; reinforces faith in Śiva-dharma without doubt.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse declares Shiva-devotion (as taught in the Kotirudrasaṃhitā’s Jyotirlinga context) to be doubly fruitful: it grants well-being and auspiciousness in embodied life and culminates in paramā mukti—final release through Shiva’s grace—leaving no room for doubt.

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

In the Kotirudra section, the Linga/Jyotirlinga is the accessible saguna focus through which the devotee serves Shiva with faith. Such worship purifies bonds (pāśa), ripens devotion, and becomes a direct means to Shiva’s liberating favor, while also supporting dharmic prosperity.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse implies steadfast Shiva-upāsanā—especially Jyotirlinga/Linga worship with mantra-japa (notably the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), along with simple offerings and disciplined vrata-like conduct—aimed at both inner purification and liberation.