Shloka 61
संध्याचरित्रवर्णनम् (Sandhyā-caritra-varṇana) — “Account of Sandhyā’s Story”
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां य एकस्त्वादिकारणम् । तमेकं जगतामाद्यं भजस्व पुरुषोत्तमम्
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ ya ekastvādikāraṇam | tamekaṃ jagatāmādyaṃ bhajasva puruṣottamam
Worship that one Supreme Person, the sole primordial cause of dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa—He who is the single, original source of all worlds.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Mantra: धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां य एकस्त्वादिकारणम् । तमेकं जगतामाद्यं भजस्व पुरुषोत्तमम्
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that all four human aims—dharma, prosperity, rightful enjoyment, and liberation—ultimately arise from the One Supreme Lord (Shiva as Pati), so the seeker should take refuge in Him as the root of every spiritual and worldly good.
Though the Lord is one and supreme, devotees approach Him through worshipful forms; in Shaiva practice this culminates in devotion to Saguna Shiva—especially the Shiva Linga—as the accessible symbol of the same primordial cause of all worlds.
The direct instruction is bhajana—devotional worship and refuge; practically this aligns with daily Shiva-puja with mantra-japa (notably the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and steady contemplation of Shiva as the single source of all puruṣārthas.