Shloka 23

भस्म–रुद्राक्ष–शिवनाममाहात्म्य

The Greatness of Bhasma, Rudrākṣa, and the Name of Śiva

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे विद्येश्वरसंहितायां साध्यसाधनखंडेशिवनममाहात्म्यवर्णनोनामत्रयोविंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍeśivanamamāhātmyavarṇanonāmatrayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

এইদৰে পবিত্ৰ শ্ৰীশিৱ মহাপুৰাণৰ বিদ্যেশ্বৰ সংহিতাৰ সাধ্যসাধন-খণ্ডত “শিৱনাম-মাহাত্ম্য-বৰ্ণনা” নামৰ তেইশতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय; colophon marker

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular; कर्मधारय-समास (honorific + name)

• विद्येश्वर-संहितायाम्: in the Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā
• विद्येश्वर-संहितायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्येश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; Locative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः “विद्येश्वरस्य संहिता”

• साध्य-साधन-खण्डे: in the Sādhyasādhana section
• साध्य-साधन-खण्डे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + साधन (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; Locative singular; तत्पुरुष-समास (section named “Sādhyasādhana-khaṇḍa”)

• शिव-नाम-माहात्म्य-वर्णनः: the description of the glory of Śiva’s name
• शिव-नाम-माहात्म्य-वर्णनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + नाम (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः “शिवनाम्नः माहात्म्यस्य वर्णनः”

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; used appositionally “named/called”

• त्रयोविंशः: twenty-third
• त्रयोविंशः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोविंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular; द्विगु-समास (number) qualifying अध्यायः

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon (chapter-end marker); no specific sthala narrative is taught here beyond locating the discourse within the Purāṇic structure.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

This is the chapter-colophon marking the completion of a teaching on Śiva-nāma-māhātmya, underscoring that remembrance and repetition of Shiva’s Name is upheld as a direct, accessible means (sādhana) toward the supreme goal (sādhya)—liberation and Shiva’s grace.

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

By closing a chapter on the glory of Shiva’s Name, it reinforces that Saguna worship (such as Linga-pūjā) is complemented and empowered by nāma-japa; the Name functions as a portable form of devotion that keeps the mind anchored in Shiva even beyond temple ritual.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is steady nāma-japa—especially the Panchākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a daily discipline, ideally paired with simple Shaiva observances like vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) and inner contemplation of Shiva as Pati (the Lord) bestowing grace.