Shloka 20

Śivarātri-vrata Udyāpana-vidhi

Completion Rite for the Śivarātri Observance

Devanagari script

मया भक्त्यनुसारेण व्रतमेतत्कृतं शिवा । न्यूनं सम्पूर्णतां यातु प्रसादात्तव शङ्कर

Transliteration

mayā bhaktyanusāreṇa vratametatkṛtaṃ śivā | nyūnaṃ sampūrṇatāṃ yātu prasādāttava śaṅkara

Translation

O auspicious Lord Śiva, I have undertaken this vow according to my capacity of devotion. O Śaṅkara, by Your grace, may whatever is deficient in it attain completeness.

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Instrumental, Singular

• भक्ति-अनुसारेण: according to devotion
• भक्ति-अनुसारेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति + अनुसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Instrumental, Singular; समास: भक्तेः अनुसारः (according to devotion)

• व्रतम्: vow
• व्रतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Demonstrative used adjectivally

• कृतम्: performed
• कृतम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP: done/performed

• शिवा: O Śiva
• शिवा: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; (addressing Śiva)

• न्यूनम्: deficient/incomplete
• न्यूनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्यून (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; predicative adjective

• सम्पूर्णताम्: completeness
• सम्पूर्णताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्पूर्णता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यातु: let it attain
• यातु: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; ‘let it go/attain’

• प्रसादात्: from (your) grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Genitive, Singular

• शङ्कर: O Śaṅkara
• शङ्कर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

A devotee/pilgrim addressing Lord Shiva (as narrated by Suta Goswami in the Kotirudra context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Rudra

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: A standard ‘nyūna-sampūrṇa’ prayer: after completing vrata/pūjā at a Śiva-sthāna, the devotee asks Śiva to perfect any deficiencies—highlighting that ritual completeness ultimately depends on divine prasāda.

Significance: Assures pilgrims that imperfect performance (due to limitation of means/knowledge) can still become spiritually efficacious through Śiva’s grace—encouraging sincere practice over anxiety.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: mayā bhaktyanusāreṇa vratametatkṛtaṃ śivā | nyūnaṃ sampūrṇatāṃ yātu prasādāttava śaṅkara

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches Shaiva humility: even sincere worship may be imperfect, and the devotee relies on Śiva’s prasāda to make the vow spiritually complete—highlighting grace as the fulfiller of sādhanā.

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

In Linga/Saguṇa worship, offerings and vows are acts of devotion directed to the compassionate Lord; this verse is the closing surrender that asks Śiva to accept the worship and rectify any ritual or inner deficiency.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It implies concluding a vrata with a kṣamā-prārthanā (forgiveness/completion prayer) and surrendering results to Śiva—often alongside japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and a final offering.