Shloka 63

Devanagari script

इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं तव प्रश्नानुसारतः । चरितं पुण्यदं शंभोः सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम्

Transliteration

ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ tava praśnānusārataḥ | caritaṃ puṇyadaṃ śaṃbhoḥ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām

Translation

Thus, in accordance with your questions, everything has been narrated—the sacred account of Śambhu (Lord Śiva), which bestows merit and grants all worthy desires to human beings.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• evaṃ: in this way
• evaṃ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• kathitam: has been told
• kathitam: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP ‘told/said’

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘everything’

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Genitive singular pronoun

• praśna-anusārataḥ: according to (your) question
• praśna-anusārataḥ: Hetu/Anusāra (हेतु/अनुसार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: praśna (प्रातिपदिक) + anusāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय ‘-तः’ (ablatival adverb): ‘according to’; अर्थः प्रश्नानुसारम्

• caritam: the account/deeds
• caritam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (PPP) से निष्पन्न भाववाचक/कर्मवाचक संज्ञा ‘चरित’ (deed/legend), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• puṇya-dam: merit-giving
• puṇya-dam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (पुण्यं ददाति)

• śaṃbhoḥ: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• śaṃbhoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• sarva-kāma-pradam: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति)

• nṛṇām: of men/people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; Genitive plural

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadashiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon-like phalaśruti: the narrated carita of Śambhu is declared puṇya-da and sarva-kāma-prada. This functions as a generalized ‘listening merit’ (śravaṇa-phala) rather than a site-specific jyotirliṅga māhātmya.

Significance: Affirms śravaṇa/paṭhana of Śiva-kathā as a direct means to puṇya and fulfillment of dhārmic aims, culminating (in Siddhānta reading) in readiness for Śiva’s anugraha.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It serves as a phalaśruti-style conclusion: hearing and remembering Śiva’s carita purifies the mind, generates puṇya, and supports the soul’s movement toward Śiva’s grace—central to a Shaiva Siddhanta understanding of liberation.

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

By praising Śambhu’s narrated deeds, it affirms Saguna devotion—approaching Śiva through his līlā and names—which naturally culminates in reverence for the Liṅga as the accessible, worshipful form through which grace is received.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Śravaṇa (devout listening/recitation) of Śiva-kathā with remembrance (smaraṇa) is implied; it may be paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” as a focused daily practice.