Shloka 20

Devanagari script

यदायदा ममाज्ञेयं मतिस्स्याद्गर्वदूषिता । तदातदाऽपनेतव्या त्वयैव परमेश्वर

Transliteration

yadāyadā mamājñeyaṃ matissyādgarvadūṣitā | tadātadā'panetavyā tvayaiva parameśvara

Translation

Whenever my understanding grows clouded and my mind is tainted by pride, then at those very times, O Parameśvara, You alone must remove that delusion.

Word by Word

• यदा: whenever
• यदा: कालाधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• यदा: whenever
• यदा: कालाधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (repetition) for distributive sense

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अज्ञेयम्: (becomes) not-to-be-known/ignorant
• अज्ञेयम्: कर्तृसम्बन्ध (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज्ञेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicate adjective)

• मतिः: mind/intellect
• मतिः: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• स्यात्: may become
• स्यात्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गर्वदूषिता: tainted by pride
• गर्वदूषिता: कर्तृसम्बन्ध (Predicate adjective of ‘मतिः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्व-दूषित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘दूषित’; तत्पुरुषः (गर्वेण दूषिता)

• तदा: then
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then)

• तदा: at that time (each time)
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (distributive)

• अपनेतव्या: should be removed
• अपनेतव्या: कर्मणि विधेय (Obligatory passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप+नी (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive/future passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be removed’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: कर्तृ (करण/Agent in passive; कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: सम्बन्ध (निपात/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), exclusivity/emphasis

• परमेश्वर: O Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वर: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः ईश्वरः)

Speaker

A devotee addressing Lord Shiva (Parameshvara) within the Shatarudra Samhita narration

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: General: prayer for removal of garva (pride) and ajñāna, leading to humility and receptivity to Śiva’s grace.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It expresses śaraṇāgati (surrender): the devotee admits that pride corrupts understanding and prays for Shiva’s grace to remove ajñāna, aligning with Shaiva teaching that liberation arises when Pati (Shiva) severs the bonds of pasha.

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

In Saguna worship—especially Linga-pūjā—the devotee approaches Shiva as Parameśvara who is accessible through form and ritual, seeking inner purification; the verse frames worship as a means to dissolve ego and restore right knowledge.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with humility, coupled with brief self-examination to detect garva (ego) and offering it at Shiva’s feet during Linga worship or meditation.