Shloka 3

पार्थिवप्रतिमापूजाविधानम्

Pārthiva-pratimā Pūjā-vidhāna — Procedure for Worship of an Earthen Icon

Devanagari script

अपमृत्युहरं कालमृत्योश्चापि विनाशनम् । सद्यः कलत्रपुत्रादिधनधान्यप्रदं द्विजाः

Transliteration

apamṛtyuharaṃ kālamṛtyoścāpi vināśanam | sadyaḥ kalatraputrādidhanadhānyapradaṃ dvijāḥ

Translation

يا أيها الحكماء ثنائيو الميلاد، إنه يرفع الموت قبل الأوان ويُبطل حتى الموت في أجله المعيّن؛ ويهب سريعًا الزوجة والأبناء، وكذلك المال والحبوب.

Word by Word

• अपमृत्युहरम्: remover of untimely death
• अपमृत्युहरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपमृत्यु + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (that which removes untimely death)

• कालमृत्योः: of death at the destined time
• कालमृत्योः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), ‘also/even’

• विनाशनम्: destruction/annihilation
• विनाशनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; फल/वस्तु

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• कलत्रपुत्रादिधनधान्यप्रदम्: giver of spouse, sons, etc., wealth and grain
• कलत्रपुत्रादिधनधान्यप्रदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलत्र + पुत्र + आदि + धन + धान्य + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (giver of wife, sons, etc., wealth and grain)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense in context)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahākāla

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Mahākāleśvara

Sthala Purana: Mahākāla is famed as the Lord of Time who subdues death; the verse’s promise of conquering untimely death and even ‘kāla-mṛtyu’ resonates with Ujjain’s Mahākāleśvara tradition where Śiva is worshipped as the sovereign over Yama and time.

Significance: Protection from premature death, fearlessness before time/death, and strengthening of life-force through devotion; also supports the mokṣa-orientation by loosening death-fear (mṛtyu-bhaya) as a form of pāśa.

Mantra Metadata

Type: mahamrityunjaya

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Kālī

Role: destructive

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse presents Śiva as Pati—the supreme Lord who governs fate and death—showing that devotion to Him removes fear, protects life, and supports dharma through well-being and prosperity.

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

In the Vidyeśvarasaṃhitā, Saguna Śiva worship—especially through the Liṅga—functions as a direct means of grace (anugraha), by which Śiva dissolves obstacles like apamṛtyu and grants worldly supports that stabilize a devotee’s sādhana.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular Liṅga-pūjā with sincere japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") is implied as the practical means for protection and auspicious blessings.