Shloka 62

Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana

The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva

Devanagari script

प्रणवः सत्पथाचारो महाकोशो महाधनः । जन्माधिपो महा देवः सकलागमपारगः

Transliteration

praṇavaḥ satpathācāro mahākośo mahādhanaḥ | janmādhipo mahā devaḥ sakalāgamapāragaḥ

Translation

He is the Praṇava (Oṁ) itself; He is the very conduct of the true path. He is the great treasury and the supreme wealth. He is the Lord over birth and all embodied existence; He is Mahādeva, who has crossed to the far shore of all Āgamas, the revealed scriptures.

Word by Word

• प्रणवः: Praṇava (Oṃ)
• प्रणवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सत्पथाचारः: right conduct of the true path
• सत्पथाचारः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + पथ + आचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: ‘सत्-पथस्य आचारः’ (conduct of the true path); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाकोशः: great treasury/storehouse
• महाकोशः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + कोश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘महान् कोशः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाधनः: great wealth / greatly wealthy
• महाधनः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘महद् धनम् यस्य’/‘महान् धनः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जन्माधिपः: lord over birth
• जन्माधिपः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘जन्मनः अधिपः’ (lord over birth); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महा: great
• महा: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (devaḥ इति विशेष्य)

• देवः: god/deity
• देवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सकलागमपारगः: knower/master of all Āgamas
• सकलागमपारगः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सकल + आगम + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: ‘सकलानाम् आगमानाम् पारगः’ (one who has gone to the far shore of all scriptures); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: प्रणवः सत्पथाचारो महाकोशो महाधनः । जन्माधिपो महा देवः सकलागमपारगः

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse identifies Śiva as Praṇava (Oṁ) and as the very principle of righteous practice, teaching that liberation arises by aligning one’s life with the true path rooted in Śiva, who is the ultimate wealth and the Lord beyond the cycle of birth.

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

Calling Śiva the Praṇava and the master of all Āgamas supports Āgamic, Saguna worship—especially Linga-upāsanā—where Oṁ and Śiva-mantras sanctify the ritual and reveal the formless truth through a worshipable form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Japa and contemplation of Oṁ (Praṇava) and Śiva-mantra (notably the Pañcākṣarī, “Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya”), coupled with satpatha-ācāra (ethical, disciplined living), is the implied practice.