Shloka 18

नभोवाणी-दक्ष-निन्दा तथा सती-माहात्म्य-प्रतिपादनम् / The Celestial Voice Rebukes Dakṣa and Proclaims Satī’s Greatness

Devanagari script

शिव एव जगद्धाता सर्वविद्यापतिः प्रभुः । आदिविद्यावरस्वामी सर्वमंगलमंगलः

Transliteration

śiva eva jagaddhātā sarvavidyāpatiḥ prabhuḥ | ādividyāvarasvāmī sarvamaṃgalamaṃgalaḥ

Translation

Śiva alone is the Sustainer of the universe, the sovereign Lord and master of all knowledge. He is the supreme ruler of the primordial, highest wisdom, and He is the auspiciousness within all that is auspicious.

Word by Word

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एव: indeed; alone
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• जगत्-धाता: the sustainer of the world
• जगत्-धाता: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + धातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (जगतः धाता)

• सर्व-विद्या-पतिः: lord of all knowledges
• सर्व-विद्या-पतिः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वासां विद्यानां पतिः)

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आदि-विद्या-वर-स्वामी: the supreme master of the primordial knowledge
• आदि-विद्या-वर-स्वामी: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (आदिविद्यायाः वरः स्वामी/आदिविद्याया वरस्वामी)

• सर्व-मङ्गल-मङ्गलः: the auspiciousness of all auspicious things
• सर्व-मङ्गल-मङ्गलः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां मङ्गलानां मङ्गलः = the auspiciousness of all auspicious things)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: As ‘jagaddhātā’ and ‘sarvavidyāpati’, Śiva is presented as the sustaining Lord and fountainhead of vidyā; sthala traditions often connect this to Śiva granting healing/knowledge boons at liṅga-shrines.

Significance: Frames Śiva as the inner auspiciousness behind all auspicious acts—pilgrimage becomes a means to align one’s life with that maṅgala-tattva.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It establishes Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord who sustains the cosmos and grants true knowledge (vidyā) that leads the soul beyond bondage into auspicious liberation (śivamokṣa).

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

By praising Shiva as the source of all auspiciousness and the lord of knowledge, it supports Saguna upāsanā through the Śiva-liṅga—where devotees approach the transcendent (nirguṇa) Lord through a sacred, worshipful form (saguṇa) for grace and realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” while contemplating Shiva as jagaddhātā and sarvamaṅgalamaṅgala; accompany with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as supportive Shaiva disciplines.