Shloka 40

भैरवावतारलीलावर्णनम् (Bhairava-avatāra-līlā-varṇanam) — “Narration of the Divine Play of Bhairava’s Descent”

Devanagari script

अद्य मे परमो लाभस्त्वद्य मे मंगलं परम् । तं दृष्ट्वामृत तृप्तस्य तृणं स्वर्गापवर्गकम्

Transliteration

adya me paramo lābhastvadya me maṃgalaṃ param | taṃ dṛṣṭvāmṛta tṛptasya tṛṇaṃ svargāpavargakam

Translation

Today I have gained the highest gain; today my supreme auspiciousness is fulfilled. For one who has beheld Him and is satisfied as though by nectar, even heaven and liberation appear as mere straw.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa: time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: today)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: सम्बन्ध (Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha: possession)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन (singular) — enclitic form

• परमः: supreme/greatest
• परमः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of ‘लाभः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• लाभः: gain/benefit
• लाभः: कर्ता (Karta: subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: सम्बन्धसूचक (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ (emphasis/contrast)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa: time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: today)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: सम्बन्ध (Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha: possession)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन — enclitic form

• मङ्गलम्: auspiciousness/good fortune
• मङ्गलम्: कर्ता (Karta: subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• परम्: supreme/highest
• परम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of ‘मङ्गलम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तम्: him/that one
• तम्: कर्म (Karma: object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial to implied main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having seen’

• अमृत: of nectar/ambrosia
• अमृत: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation to ‘तृप्तस्य’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; (समास-पूर्वपदवत्) ‘of nectar’

• तृप्तस्य: of the satisfied (one)
• तृप्तस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive; qualifies implied person)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → तृप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; ‘of one who is satisfied’

• तृणम्: a blade of grass
• तृणम्: कर्म/प्रत्ययार्थ (object/predicative complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; here as predicate-noun

• स्वर्गापवर्गकम्: (even) heaven-and-liberation(-like) / pertaining to heaven and liberation
• स्वर्गापवर्गकम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of ‘तृणम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + अपवर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + क (प्रत्यय) → स्वर्गापवर्गक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (स्वर्ग + अपवर्ग), ततः ‘-क’ तद्धित; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of ‘तृणम्’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the devotion-centered utterance within the Shatarudra discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares that Shiva-darśana (direct experience of Lord Śiva) is the highest attainment; once the heart is filled with that nectar-like fulfillment, worldly rewards and even spiritual attainments sought as “results” lose their attraction.

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

In Shiva Purana bhakti, Saguna worship—especially Linga-upāsanā—leads to Shiva’s grace and “seeing” Him through devotion; that lived encounter is portrayed as surpassing the desire for svarga and even the ego-driven pursuit of mokṣa.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is steady Shiva-bhakti aimed at darśana: daily Linga-pūjā with Panchākṣarī japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and meditative remembrance of Śiva as the supreme auspicious refuge.