Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 60

गणेशाभिषेक-वरदान-विधानम् | Gaṇeśa’s Consecration, Boons, and Prescribed Worship

Devanagari script

यं यं कामयते यो वै तंतमाप्नोति निश्चितम् । अतः कामयमानेन तेन सेव्यस्सदा भवान्

Transliteration

yaṃ yaṃ kāmayate yo vai taṃtamāpnoti niścitam | ataḥ kāmayamānena tena sevyassadā bhavān

Translation

أيًّا ما يتمنّاه المرء بصدق، فذلك بعينه يناله يقينًا. لذلك، من يطلب الخير الأسمى فليعبدك وليخدمك على الدوام.

Word by Word

• yam: whom/what
• yam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; correlative with ‘yaḥ’

• yam: whomsoever/whatever
• yam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; repetition for emphasis (‘whatever’)

• kāmayate: desires
• kāmayate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kam (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person, Singular, Ātmanepada; denominative/desiderative sense ‘desires’

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• vai: indeed
• vai: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निश्चय/खलु-अर्थक-अव्यय)

• tam: that (one)
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; correlative to ‘yaḥ’

• tam: that very (one)
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; repetition for emphasis (‘that very’)

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• niścitam: certainly
• niścitam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: niścita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Used adverbially (क्रियाविशेषणवत्), from PPP of niś-ci (धातु); ‘certainly’

• ataḥ: therefore
• ataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (हेतौ/तस्मात्-अर्थक-अव्यय)

• kāmayamānena: by the desirer
• kāmayamānena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kam (धातु)
• Form: Present participle (शतृ/शानच्; here Ātmanepada participle -मान), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular, Masculine/Neuter; ‘by one who is desiring’

• tena: by him/thereby
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• sevyaḥ: to be served; should be served
• sevyaḥ: Vidhi (विधेय/आज्ञार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sevya (प्रातिपदिक; from sev (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: Gerundive (यत्/ण्यत् sense), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; predicate adjective with ‘bhavān’

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• bhavān: you (honored one)
• bhavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; honorific 2nd-person reference (‘you’)

Speaker

Sanatkumara

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Frames Śiva as the ultimate refuge whose worship yields both desired ends and, for the seeker of the highest good, the supreme fruit—liberation through grace.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that intention (kāma as focused aspiration) bears fruit; therefore the seeker should redirect desire toward Pati—Lord Shiva—so that worldly longing is purified into devotion and culminates in the highest attainment.

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

Since the mind attains what it clings to, the Purana advises fixing attention on Shiva in a worshippable form—especially the Linga—so devotion becomes steady and the aspirant receives Shiva’s grace and fulfillment of the highest good.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate single-pointed bhakti through daily Shiva-sevā: japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Linga-pūjā with water/flowers, and meditative remembrance of Shiva so desire is harnessed as spiritual resolve.