Shloka 45

तपसो महिमा

The Greatness and Typology of Tapas

Devanagari script

येषां कालेय पुण्यानि परिपूर्णानि सर्वतः । गच्छतां स्वर्गदेशं हि तेषां लाभः पदेपदे

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ kāleya puṇyāni paripūrṇāni sarvataḥ | gacchatāṃ svargadeśaṃ hi teṣāṃ lābhaḥ padepade

Translation

Those whose merits have, in due time, become complete and fully ripened—when they proceed to the heavenly realm, gain and auspicious reward attend them at every step.

Word by Word

• yeṣām: of whom/whose
• yeṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• kāleya: timely/seasonal (kāleya)
• kāleya: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāleya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier)

• puṇyāni: merits, virtuous deeds
• puṇyāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• paripūrṇāni: fully complete
• paripūrṇāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-pūrṇa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pṝ/पूर्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); भूतकृदन्त/कृत (past participial adjective)

• sarvataḥ: from all sides/entirely
• sarvataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• gacchatām: of those going
• gacchatām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle) ‘gacchat’ का षष्ठी/सप्तमी?—यहाँ षष्ठी बहुवचन (Genitive Plural) प्रयोग: ‘गच्छताम्’ = of those who go

• svarga-deśam: to the region of heaven
• svarga-deśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpuruṣa), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), निपात (emphatic/causal)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• lābhaḥ: gain, benefit
• lābhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• pade: at (each) step
• pade: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभाववत् पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग ‘पदे पदे’

• pade: at every step
• pade: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्ति (reduplication)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

FAQs

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

It teaches that when dharma and devotion mature into fully ripened puṇya, the soul experiences effortless auspiciousness—outerly as heavenly reward and inwardly as a smooth, divinely supported passage shaped by right conduct.

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

In Shaiva practice, worship of Saguna Shiva as the Linga is a primary generator of puṇya; this verse points to the dependable fruition of such worship—its results manifesting naturally when the merit becomes complete.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Sustain regular Shiva-upasana—japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Linga-archana, and dharmic living—so merit accumulates and ripens, producing steady auspicious outcomes.