Shloka 44

पार्थिवार्चाविधिः | Pārthivārcā-vidhi

Procedure for the Earthen Liṅga Worship

Devanagari script

अनेन मनुना वापि पूजयेच्छंकरं सुधीः । सुभक्त्या च भ्रमं त्यक्त्वा भक्त्यैव फलदः शिवः

Transliteration

anena manunā vāpi pūjayecchaṃkaraṃ sudhīḥ | subhaktyā ca bhramaṃ tyaktvā bhaktyaiva phaladaḥ śivaḥ

Translation

وبهذا المانترا أيضًا ينبغي للحكيم أن يعبد شانكرا. وبالبهاكتي النبيلة يترك الوهم، ويُدرِك أن شيفا يمنح الثمرات بالبهاكتي وحدها.

Word by Word

• अनेन: by/with this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (instrumental: 'by/with this')

• मनुना: by the mantra/ritual formula (manu)
• मनुना: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: 'also/even')

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd), एकवचन

• सुधीः: the wise person
• सुधीः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st), एकवचन

• सुभक्त्या: with good devotion
• सुभक्त्या: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• भ्रमम्: delusion/error
• भ्रमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriyā (क्रिया-सहायक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): 'having abandoned'

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle: 'indeed/only')

• फलदः: bestower of results
• फलदः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फलद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: फलस्य दः (giver of fruit)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching of Shiva-worship to the sages of Naimisharanya within the Vidyeshvara context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Emphasizes bhakti as the decisive condition for Śiva’s phala; pilgrimage and ritual are fruitful when they mature into devotion that removes bhrama (delusion).

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: anena manunā vāpi pūjayecchaṃkaraṃ sudhīḥ | subhaktyā ca bhramaṃ tyaktvā bhaktyaiva phaladaḥ śivaḥ

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that mantra is a support for worship, but the decisive power is pure bhakti that removes भ्रम (delusion) and makes Śiva’s grace-fruit manifest.

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

Worship “by this mantra” implies ritual and contemplative upāsanā directed to Śaṅkara in a worshipable form (Saguna, including the Liṅga), while affirming that the inner efficacy comes from devotion rather than mere external correctness.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform Śiva-pūjā with mantra-japa (classically the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and cultivate single-pointed bhakti—using the rite to drop भ्रम and rely on Śiva’s grace for फल (spiritual and worldly results).