Shloka 42

गोत्र-प्रवर-प्रश्नः तथा तिथ्यादि-कीर्तनं

Gotra–Pravara Inquiry and Proclamation of Auspicious Time

Devanagari script

क्षितिं संस्पृश्य कामस्य कोदादिति मनुं मुने । पपाठ शङ्करः प्रीत्या दर्शयंल्लौकिकीं गतिम्

Transliteration

kṣitiṃ saṃspṛśya kāmasya kodāditi manuṃ mune | papāṭha śaṅkaraḥ prītyā darśayaṃllaukikīṃ gatim

Translation

أيها الحكيم، لما مسَّ شانكرا الأرض، تلا بسرورٍ مفعمٍ بالنعمة المانترا التي تبتدئ بـ«kodā…» والمتصلة بكاما، مُظهِرًا بذلك أيضًا مسار الفعل الدنيوي (laukikī gati).

Word by Word

• क्षितिम्: the earth/ground
• क्षितिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• संस्पृश्य: having touched
• संस्पृश्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त/gerund): संस्पृश्य = having touched

• कामस्य: of Kāma
• कामस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• कोदात्: “kodāt” (mantric word)
• कोदात्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कोदात् (मन्त्रपद/अव्यय-प्राय)
• Form: अव्यय (मन्त्र-शब्द/mantric particle); मन्त्रस्य अङ्गम् (part of the mantra)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyārtha-bodhaka (वाक्यार्थ/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरणसूचक/quotative particle): ‘thus’

• मनुम्: the mantra/formula
• मनुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्‍त्र/मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; अत्र ‘मन्त्र/मनु’ = sacred formula

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• पपाठ: recited
• पपाठ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; पपाठ = he recited

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रीत्या: with delight
• प्रीत्या: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; भावे (with joy/affection)

• दर्शयन्: showing
• दर्शयन्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) → दर्शयत् (णिच् causative, शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), णिच्-प्रयोग (causative): दर्शयन् = showing; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सहक्रिया (while showing)

• लौकिकीम्: worldly/common
• लौकिकीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लौकिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; गतिम् इति विशेषण

• गतिम्: course/way
• गतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: kodā… (opening words not fully preserved/quoted in the verse)

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Kama

FAQs

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

It shows Śiva’s completeness: as Pati (the Lord), he can guide beings not only toward liberation but also through righteous worldly conduct—demonstrating that even ordinary action can be regulated and sanctified under divine guidance.

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

Śaṅkara’s visible act—touching the earth and reciting a specific mantra—highlights Saguna Shiva’s accessible, ritual-facing compassion, where mantra and embodied gesture become means for devotees to approach the Lord in lived practice.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Mantra-japa with proper nyāsa/gesture (here, touching the earth) is implied—an example of disciplined, reverent practice where bodily act and mantra are united, aligning desire and worldly movement with dharmic restraint.