Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 65

पुष्पार्पण-विनिर्णयः

Determination of Flower-Offerings to Śiva

Devanagari script

इत्याद्यैर्विविधै मानं दृष्ट्वा कुर्याच्छिवार्चनम् । सर्वकामसमृध्यर्थं मुक्त्यर्थं कामनोज्झितः

Transliteration

ityādyairvividhai mānaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuryācchivārcanam | sarvakāmasamṛdhyarthaṃ muktyarthaṃ kāmanojjhitaḥ

Translation

فإذا فُهِمَتِ المقاييسُ والمعاييرُ الصحيحةُ بهذه الطرائق المتنوّعة وغيرها، فليُقِمِ المرءُ عبادةَ شِيفا. ولتحقيقِ جميعِ المقاصدِ المشروعةِ ولنيلِ المُوكشا (التحرّر)، فليعبده وهو منزّهٌ عن الشهوةِ والرغبة.

Word by Word

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

• आद्यैः: by the like (means)
• आद्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ = beginning etc., here ‘आद्य’ = ‘and the like’

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण of ‘आद्यैः’

• मानम्: measure/standard (rule)
• मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen/considered
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having seen/considered’

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिव-अर्चनम्: worship of Śiva
• शिव-अर्चनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य अर्चनम्)

• सर्व-काम-समृद्धि-अर्थम्: for fulfilling all desires
• सर्व-काम-समृद्धि-अर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/प्रयोजन/कर्म-प्रवचन), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः, ‘for the purpose of the prosperity of all desires’

• मुक्ति-अर्थम्: for liberation
• मुक्ति-अर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुक्तेः अर्थम्)

• कामना-उज्झितः: one who has abandoned desires
• कामना-उज्झितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामना (प्रातिपदिक) + उज्झित (कृदन्त, त्यक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण ‘उज्झित’ (उज्झ्/हन्-त्यागे), षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कामनाया उज्झितः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a specific jyotirliṅga episode; the verse generalizes that correct ritual measure (māna) supports Śivārcana leading to both bhoga (samṛddhi) and mokṣa (mukti).

Significance: Frames Śiva-worship as yielding both worldly fulfilment (sarvakāma-samṛddhi) and the highest goal (mukti) when performed with desirelessness.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva-worship should be performed according to proper scriptural standards (māna) and with inner dispassion; when devotion is purified of craving, the same worship becomes a direct means to mukti.

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

Śiva-arcana here implies Saguna worship through form—commonly the Śiva-liṅga—done with correct procedure and reverence, while cultivating a Nirguṇa-oriented intent: offering actions without personal grasping, so worship becomes liberating.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Follow the prescribed method and measurements for Śiva-pūjā (offerings, order, purity), and pair it with a desireless attitude—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as an inner discipline supporting the outer arcana.