Shloka 27

Gṛhapati’s Vow: Turning Grief into Mṛtyuñjaya–Mahākāla Sādhana (गृहपतेः प्रतिज्ञा—मृत्युंजय-महाकालजपः)

Devanagari script

अहो न मत्तो धन्योस्ति त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । यदद्राक्षिषमद्याहं श्रीमद्विश्वेश्वरं विभुम्

Transliteration

aho na matto dhanyosti trailokye sacarācare | yadadrākṣiṣamadyāhaṃ śrīmadviśveśvaraṃ vibhum

Translation

Ah! In all the three worlds—among the moving and the unmoving—none is more blessed than I, for today I have beheld the glorious Viśveśvara, the all-pervading Supreme Lord.

Word by Word

• aho: ah!
• aho: Sambodhana/udgāra (उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aho (अव्यय)
• Form: Exclamation particle (विस्मयादि-अव्यय)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• mattaḥ: than me
• mattaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; masculine/neuter form in usage

• dhanyaḥ: fortunate
• dhanyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate adjective

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada

• trailokye: in the three worlds
• trailokye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; dvigu compound 'three worlds'

• sa-cara-acare: with the moving and the unmoving
• sa-cara-acare: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; dvandva 'moving and unmoving' with सह (sa-) = 'together with'

• yat: since/because
• yat: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative indeclinable/conjunctional use (यत् = 'since/because')

• adrākṣiṣam: I saw
• adrākṣiṣam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Aorist (लुङ्), 1st Person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada

• adya: today
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of time (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• śrīmat-viśveśvaram: the glorious Lord of the universe (Viśveśvara)
• śrīmat-viśveśvaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक) + viśva-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; karmadhāraya: 'glorious (śrīmat) Viśveśvara'

• vibhum: the all-pervading mighty one
• vibhum: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; epithet qualifying viśveśvaram

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the devotee’s exclamation within the Shatarudra Samhita context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: Viśveśvara/Viśvanātha is the Lord of the universe especially celebrated at Kāśī, where Śiva grants taraka-upadeśa and liberation; the verse’s epithet ‘Viśveśvara’ naturally evokes the Kāśī Jyotirliṅga tradition though the immediate narrative may be non-local.

Significance: Darśana of Viśveśvara is extolled as unsurpassed fortune across the three worlds; in Kāśī-tradition it is linked with mokṣa and fearlessness at death.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishveshvara

FAQs

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

It proclaims that the highest fortune is Shiva-darśana—directly beholding the Lord—because His grace dissolves bondage (pāśa) and turns the soul toward liberation through devotion.

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

Calling Shiva “Viśveśvara” highlights Saguna worship—approaching the Supreme through a gracious, knowable form (often the Liṅga), where darśana becomes the devotee’s lived experience of the Lord’s presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate daily Shiva-smaraṇa and bhakti—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), along with reverent Liṅga-pūjā (optionally with bhasma and rudrākṣa)—so that inner and outer “darśana” ripens by grace.