Shloka 52

Devanagari script

पूजां कृत्वा महेशस्य मिलित्वा च परस्परम् । हित्वा चांतर्मलं तत्र लेभिरे परमं सुखम्

Transliteration

pūjāṃ kṛtvā maheśasya militvā ca parasparam | hitvā cāṃtarmalaṃ tatra lebhire paramaṃ sukham

Translation

Having worshipped Maheśa and met one another in harmony, they cast off the inner impurity then and there and attained the supreme bliss.

Word by Word

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having done’

• maheśasya: of Maheśa (Śiva)
• maheśasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• militvā: having met
• militvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mil (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having met/joined’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• parasparam: mutually
• parasparam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Reciprocal adverb), ‘mutually/each other’

• hitvā: having abandoned
• hitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having abandoned’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• āntaramalam: inner impurity
• āntaramalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āntara-mala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (Genitive Tatpuruṣa): āntara (inner) + mala (impurity)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (Adverb of place)

• lebhire: they obtained
• lebhire: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) to ‘sukham’

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Ghṛṣṇeśvara

Sthala Purana: Worship at the Ghuśmeśa Liṅga results in the casting off of inner impurity (antarmala) and attainment of supreme bliss, highlighting the site’s salvific efficacy.

Significance: Frames the jyotirliṅga as a locus of mala-kṣaya and sukha/ānanda—Śaiva Siddhānta’s emphasis on grace removing bondage.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Maheśa)

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva-bhakti expressed through proper pūjā purifies the antahkaraṇa (inner instrument), dissolving antarmala (inner defilement) and revealing parama-sukha—bliss aligned with liberation.

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

In the Koṭirudrasaṃhitā’s Jyotirliṅga context, worship of Saguna Śiva (as the Liṅga/manifest Lord) becomes the practical means by which devotees purify themselves and experience the Lord’s grace as supreme bliss.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform Śiva-pūjā with devotion and purity, keep harmonious company with fellow devotees (satsaṅga), and cultivate inner cleansing through japa (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and disciplined mind—so the “inner impurity” is relinquished.