Shloka 43

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhāvidhiḥ — Installation Standards and Auspicious Parameters for Liṅga Worship

Devanagari script

विप्रस्त्रीणां नमः पूर्वमिदमिच्छंति केचन । पंचकोटिजपं कृत्वा सदा शिवसमो भवेत्

Transliteration

viprastrīṇāṃ namaḥ pūrvamidamicchaṃti kecana | paṃcakoṭijapaṃ kṛtvā sadā śivasamo bhavet

Translation

Manche begehren zuerst diese Verehrung: „Ehrerbietung den Ehefrauen der Brāhmaṇas.“ Wer fünf Krore Mantra-Japa vollendet, wird immerdar Śiva gleich und erlangt durch Seine Gnade Śiva-sāyujya.

Word by Word

• विप्रस्त्रीणाम्: of Brahmin women
• विप्रस्त्रीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘विप्राणां स्त्रियः’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: सम्बोधन/उद्गार (Interjection)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; salutation formula

• पूर्वम्: first
• पूर्वम्: कालाधिकरण (Time adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय; ‘first’

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; here as object ‘this (practice)’

• इच्छन्ति: they desire
• इच्छन्ति: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• केचन: some (people)
• केचन: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; indefinite pronoun ‘some’

• पञ्चकोटिजपम्: five-crore repetitions (japa)
• पञ्चकोटिजपम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संख्या-विशेषणपूर्वक: ‘पञ्चकोटीनां जपः’); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: पूर्वकालक्रिया (Absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having done’

• सदा: always
• सदा: कालाधिकरण (Time adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय; adverb ‘always’

• शिवसमः: equal to Śiva
• शिवसमः: कर्तृपूरक (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपमान-सम्बन्ध: ‘शिवेन समः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘may become/would become’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Promises Śiva-sāmyatā (likeness/union) through vast japa, reflecting the purāṇic ideal that sustained nāma/mantra practice culminates in grace and liberation.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: (implied) namaḥ śivāya / pañcākṣarī

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that sustained mantra-japa, performed with reverence and purity, culminates in śiva-sāmya—likeness and intimate nearness to Lord Śiva—by His grace, which is a Shaiva Siddhanta way of expressing liberation through the Lord’s favor.

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

In the Vidyeśvara context, japa is a primary limb of Saguna Śiva-upāsanā (often alongside Liṅga-pūjā). Repetition of Śiva’s mantra disciplines the mind and directs devotion toward the Lord who is worshipped in the Liṅga as accessible, compassionate Pati.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse highlights high-count mantra-japa (five crores). Practically, this implies daily disciplined repetition—ideally with a rudrākṣa mālā, maintained purity, and steady contemplation of Śiva while reciting the pañcākṣarī (“Namaḥ Śivāya”) or an authorized Śiva-mantra.