Shloka 70

उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace

Devanagari script

अजरश्चामरश्च त्वं सर्वदा दुःखवर्जित । सर्वपूज्यो निर्विकारी भक्तानाम्प्रवरो भव

Transliteration

ajaraścāmaraśca tvaṃ sarvadā duḥkhavarjita | sarvapūjyo nirvikārī bhaktānāmpravaro bhava

Translation

You are ageless and deathless, ever free from sorrow. Worthy of worship by all, changeless and without modification—be the foremost refuge and exemplar among Your devotees.

Word by Word

• ajaraḥ: ageless
• ajaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + jara (जर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of tvam

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय-निपात, conjunction)

• amaraḥ: immortal
• amaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + mara (मर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of tvam

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय-निपात, conjunction)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• sarvadā: always
• sarvadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (काल-अव्यय, adverb)

• duḥkha-varjita: free from sorrow
• duḥkha-varjita: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (दुःख-प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (वर्जित-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष), Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Sambodhana/Prathamā (सम्बोधन/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); direct address

• sarva-pūjyaḥ: worthy of worship by all
• sarva-pūjyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक) + pūjya (पूज्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष), Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); predicate adjective of tvam

• nirvikārī: unchanging
• nirvikārī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir + vikārin (विकारिन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); predicate adjective

• bhaktānām: of devotees
• bhaktānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (भक्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• pravaraḥ: the best, foremost
• pravaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pravara (प्रवर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); predicate adjective

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू-धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्, imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (मध्यमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

Speaker

A devotee/praiser addressing Lord Shiva (as narrated within Suta Goswami’s discourse in the Shatarudrasaṃhitā)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It affirms Shiva as Pati—ageless, deathless, sorrowless, and nirvikāra (unchanging). Meditating on these attributes steadies the devotee in bhakti and dispassion, orienting the mind toward liberation rather than transient states.

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

Though Shiva is described as changeless and beyond modification, devotees approach Him through worship (pūjā) in accessible forms such as the Śiva-liṅga—Saguna devotion leading the mind to the Nirguna, sorrowless reality indicated by the verse.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform Śiva-pūjā with steady remembrance of Shiva as duḥkha-varjita and nirvikāra, repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” while offering water and bilva leaves, and concluding with silent contemplation of His changeless nature.