Shloka 53

Svagati-varṇana

Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment

Devanagari script

अमृतात्मकं तु तत्क्षीरं यावत्संयाम्यते ततः । इमं वैवस्वतं कल्पं पश्यसे बन्धुभिस्सह

Transliteration

amṛtātmakaṃ tu tatkṣīraṃ yāvatsaṃyāmyate tataḥ | imaṃ vaivasvataṃ kalpaṃ paśyase bandhubhissaha

Translation

That milk, whose very nature is amṛta, is restrained only up to that point. Thereafter, together with your kinsmen, you shall behold this Vaivasvata Kalpa, the present aeon.

Word by Word

• अमृत-आत्मकम्: of the nature of nectar
• अमृत-आत्मकम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd) एकवचन; विशेषण

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd) एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd) एकवचन

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: कालसम्बन्ध (Temporal marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधिबोधक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• संयाम्यते: is restrained/controlled
• संयाम्यते: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present) आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd) एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is restrained/controlled)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: सम्बन्ध/क्रम (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (from that/thereafter)

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण

• वैवस्वतम्: Vaivasvata (pertaining to Vaivasvata Manu)
• वैवस्वतम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैवस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; विशेषण

• कल्पम्: aeon/kalpa
• कल्पम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन

• पश्यसे: you see
• पश्यसे: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present) आत्मनेपदम्; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd) एकवचन

• बन्धुभिः: with kinsmen/relatives
• बन्धुभिः: सहकारक (Associative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd) बहुवचन; सहार्थे (with)

• सह: together with
• सह: सहकारक (Associative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (preposition-like: with)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (instructing within the Umāsaṃhitā narrative)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Vaivasvata-kalpa (present manvantara/aeon) referenced as the temporal frame of experience

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vaivasvata Manu

FAQs

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

The verse uses “amṛta-natured milk” as a symbol of life-sustaining, grace-filled nourishment that is nevertheless governed by cosmic order; Shiva, as Pati (the Lord), reveals that beings move through time-cycles (kalpas) under His higher regulation.

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

In Shaiva understanding, Saguna Shiva guides devotees through worldly cycles and reveals the structure of time itself; such teachings support Linga-worship as devotion to the Lord who both sustains the universe and grants liberation beyond kalpas.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the regulator of prāṇa and time (kāla-niyantā), pairing steady breath-restraint with japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) to cultivate detachment from cyclic time and reliance on His grace.