Shloka 51

Devanagari script

अदभ्रेयं सुधादृष्टिरनया मे महोत्सवः । अयत्त्ननिधिलाभोयं वीक्षणं हर ते सताम्

Transliteration

adabhreyaṃ sudhādṛṣṭiranayā me mahotsavaḥ | ayattnanidhilābhoyaṃ vīkṣaṇaṃ hara te satām

Translation

This nectar-like glance is truly inexhaustible; by it, a great festival has arisen for me. This is a treasure gained without effort—O Hara, the darśana of You belongs to the virtuous.

Word by Word

• adabhreyam: immense
• adabhreyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adabhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (अत्र वाक्ये विशेषणरूपेण—'अदभ्रं' = not small, abundant)

• sudhā-dṛṣṭiḥ: nectar-like sight
• sudhā-dṛṣṭiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sudhā (प्रातिपदिक) + dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः: सुधायाः दृष्टिः/सुधासदृशी दृष्टिः; स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• anayā: by this
• anayā: Karaṇa (करणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (instrumental: by this)

• me: for me / my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचनम् (Genitive/Dative: my/to me)

• mahotsavaḥ: great festival
• mahotsavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + utsava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः: महान् उत्सवः; पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ayattna-nidhi-lābhaḥ: effortless gain of a treasure
• ayattna-nidhi-lābhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a (नञ्) + yatna (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + lābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः: अयत्नेन (without effort) निधेः लाभः; पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• vīkṣaṇam: seeing / beholding
• vīkṣaṇam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; from vi-√īkṣ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• hara: O Hara
• hara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (Genitive: of you/your)

• satām: of the virtuous
• satām: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (of the good/saints)

Speaker

A devotee/praised saint addressing Lord Shiva (Hara), as narrated within the Shatarudra Samhita

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Interprets darśana as ‘effortless treasure’ (ayatna-nidhi): a classic bhakti teaching that the highest fruit is Śiva’s gracious self-disclosure, not transactional merit.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that Shiva’s grace (experienced as His “nectar-like glance” and darśana) is an inexhaustible blessing that awakens inner auspiciousness and joy; in Shaiva Siddhanta, liberation is ultimately made possible by the Lord’s anugraha rather than by mere personal effort.

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

Darśana is central to Saguna worship—whether of Shiva in form or as the Śiva-liṅga—because the devotee seeks a direct encounter with the Lord’s presence; the verse frames that encounter as a priceless ‘treasure’ granted by Shiva’s compassion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily darśana-oriented worship: approach Shiva with bhakti, perform liṅga-pūjā (optionally with bhasma/Tripuṇḍra and Rudrākṣa), and meditate on Shiva’s gracious presence—cultivating receptivity to anugraha rather than relying only on self-effort.