Shloka 54

उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace

Devanagari script

तुभ्यं दत्ता मया प्रीत्या त्वं गृह्णीष्व महामुने । अमरत्वन्तथा दक्ष गाणपत्यं च शाश्वतम्

Transliteration

tubhyaṃ dattā mayā prītyā tvaṃ gṛhṇīṣva mahāmune | amaratvantathā dakṣa gāṇapatyaṃ ca śāśvatam

Translation

«بدافع المحبة منحتُك هذا؛ فاقبله يا أيها الحكيم العظيم. وأنت يا دكشا، أمنحك أيضًا الخلود، ومنزلة غَنَپَتي—سيد الغَنات ورئيسهم—منزلةً أبدية».

Word by Word

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• दत्ताः: given
• दत्ताः: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘(they are) given’

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्ता/करण (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• प्रीत्या: with affection; gladly
• प्रीत्या: करण (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; हेतौ/भावे (instrumental of manner)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• गृह्णीष्व: accept; take
• गृह्णीष्व: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; महा+मुनि (कर्मधारयः)

• अमरत्वम्: immortality
• अमरत्वम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• दक्ष: O Dakṣa
• दक्ष: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• गाणपत्यम्: the status of Gaṇapati’s attendant/gaṇa-lordship
• गाणपत्यम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाणपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• शाश्वतम्: eternal
• शाश्वतम्: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies ‘गाणपत्यम्’)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Daksha
• Ganas

FAQs

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

The verse highlights Śiva’s anugraha (grace): through devotion and divine pleasure, the Lord bestows exalted states—immortality and proximity to His retinue—showing that liberation and divine rank arise from Śiva’s compassionate bestowal rather than mere worldly merit.

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

As Saguna Śiva, the personal Lord responds to bhakti and grants boons; Linga-worship in the Shiva Purana is presented as a direct means to invoke this grace, leading the devotee toward nearness to Śiva’s presence (His gaṇas) and ultimately freedom from mortality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is steadfast bhakti expressed through Shiva-puja—especially Linga abhiṣeka with mantra-japa (notably the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—seeking Śiva’s grace as the source of protection, upliftment, and liberation.