Shloka 60

Dehāśucitā-vicāraḥ

Inquiry into the Impurity of the Body

Devanagari script

सम्माननावमानाभ्यां वियोगेनेष्टसंगमात् । यौवनं जरया ग्रस्तं क्व सौख्यमनुपद्रवम्

Transliteration

sammānanāvamānābhyāṃ viyogeneṣṭasaṃgamāt | yauvanaṃ jarayā grastaṃ kva saukhyamanupadravam

Translation

Struck by honor and dishonor, by separation from the company of the beloved, and with youth itself seized by old age—where in this world is any happiness free from disturbance? Therefore one should seek the unshaken refuge of Lord Śiva, the Pati beyond all change.

Word by Word

• सम्मान-अवमानाभ्याम्: by honor and dishonor
• सम्मान-अवमानाभ्याम्: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्मान (प्रातिपदिक) + अवमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)

• वियोगेन: by separation
• वियोगेन: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• इष्ट-संगमात्: from union with the beloved
• इष्ट-संगमात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्ट (इष् धातु, क्त/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (source) sense; समासः—तत्पुरुष (इष्टस्य संगमः)

• यौवनम्: youth
• यौवनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जरया: by old age
• जरया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• ग्रस्तम्: seized/overcome
• ग्रस्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण to यौवनम्

• क्व: where
• क्व: Prashna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• सौख्यम्: happiness/comfort
• सौख्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अनुपद्रवम्: free from trouble
• अनुपद्रवम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण to सौख्यम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Umāsaṃhitā teaching to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: General Siddhānta framing: recognizing duḥkha-miśra sukha in saṃsāra turns the pilgrim toward Śiva as the sole stable refuge and giver of anugraha (mokṣa).

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches vairāgya: worldly joy is inevitably entangled with pain—praise and blame, separation, and aging—so the seeker should turn to Śiva, the changeless Pati, for lasting peace and liberation.

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

By revealing the instability of sense-based happiness, it directs the mind toward steady devotion—Linga worship and Saguna Śiva-upāsanā—so the heart rests in a single refuge beyond social honor and personal loss.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with a contemplative attitude of detachment, and support it with simple Śiva-pūjā (e.g., offering water to the Linga) as a daily anchor against the mind’s swings of praise and blame.