Shloka 45

कामप्रभावः (कामा॑स्य प्रभाववर्णनम्) — The Power of Kāma and the (Ineffective) Attempt to Delude Śiva

Devanagari script

यत्रयत्र भवान् याता स्वकर्मार्थं यदा यदा । गंता स तत्रतत्रैते सहायार्थं तदातदा

Transliteration

yatrayatra bhavān yātā svakarmārthaṃ yadā yadā | gaṃtā sa tatratatraite sahāyārthaṃ tadātadā

Translation

“Wherever you go, and whenever you go for the sake of your own duty, these (attendants) will also go there and there—at those very times—so as to assist you.”

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb of place)

• यत्र: wherever
• यत्र: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reduplication for emphasis)

• भवान्: you (sir)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (honorific 2nd person), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यातः: have gone
• यातः: Kriya (क्रिया: 'have gone')
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु) → yāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्व-कर्म-अर्थम्: for (your) own task
• स्व-कर्म-अर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (karmārtha: 'for the sake of work'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (purpose)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb of time)

• यदा: whenever
• यदा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reduplication for emphasis)

• गन्ता: the goer/one who will go
• गन्ता: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gam (धातु) → gantṛ (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक-तृन्/तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb of place)

• तत्र: there (in each such place)
• तत्र: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reduplication for emphasis)

• एते: these (ones)
• एते: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सहाय-अर्थम्: for assistance
• सहाय-अर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahāya (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (sahāyārtha: 'for the sake of help'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (purpose)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb of time)

• तदा: at that very time
• तदा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reduplication for emphasis)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that when one acts according to sva-dharma, Shiva’s grace manifests as timely support—help arrives wherever duty calls, showing the Lord as Pati who guides and protects the devotee.

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

As Saguna Shiva, the Lord is personally accessible and responsive; worship of the Linga with devotion is a way of seeking this living presence—Shiva’s concrete help in the devotee’s worldly and spiritual responsibilities.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Before beginning one’s duties, mentally offer the action to Shiva and repeat the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” seeking right intention and Shiva’s assistance in completing dharmic work.