Shloka 25

गृहस्थ-जीवनसंस्काराः तथा पुत्रजन्म-शुभलक्षणवर्णनम् / Household Saṃskāras and the Auspicious Portents of a Son’s Birth

Devanagari script

इति नाम ददौ तस्मै देयमेकादशेऽहनि । नामकर्मविधानेन तदर्थश्रुतिमुच्चरन्

Transliteration

iti nāma dadau tasmai deyamekādaśe'hani | nāmakarmavidhānena tadarthaśrutimuccaran

Translation

So verlieh er dem Kind einen Namen, der am elften Tage gegeben werden sollte. Nach der vorgeschriebenen Nāma-karma-Zeremonie sprach er die heilige Formel aus, welche Sinn und Absicht dieses Namens kundtut.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyasaṃbandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (लिट्/Perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन)

• देयम्: to be given; should be given
• देयम्: Vidhi (विधेय/कर्तव्यता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्/यत्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘to be given/should be given’

• एकादशे: on the eleventh
• एकादशे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन) (day implied)

• अहनि: on the day
• अहनि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• नामकर्मविधानेन: by the procedure of the naming-rite
• नामकर्मविधानेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāma-karman-vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (multi-member): नाम + कर्म + विधान; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• तदर्थश्रुतिम्: the śruti passage conveying that meaning
• तदर्थश्रुतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad-artha-śruti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound (तत्पुरुष): तद् + अर्थ + श्रुति; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• उच्चरन्: uttering; reciting
• उच्चरन्: Karta (कर्ता) (of implied ‘अभवत्/आसीत्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-car (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse emphasizes that a child’s identity is ritually anchored in dharma through nāma-karma, where speech sanctified by śruti aligns worldly life with a Shaiva orientation toward auspiciousness and eventual liberation.

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

By prescribing śruti-backed naming, the Purana shows how Saguna devotion is woven into daily life—names and rites become vehicles for remembering Shiva’s auspicious presence, much like Linga-worship makes the formless Lord approachable through sacred form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to performing nāma-karma on the eleventh day with proper mantra/śruti recitation; as a Shaiva takeaway, one may also keep the child’s name and daily remembrance aligned with Shiva-bhakti (e.g., regular japa of Om Namaḥ Śivāya).