Shloka 116

Vyāsotpatti-kathana

Account of the Birth/Origin of Vyāsa

Devanagari script

प्रातरुत्थाय सुस्नातो लिंगमभ्यर्च्य शांकरम् । वर्षं पठन्निदं स्तोत्रं मूर्खोऽपि स्याद्बृहस्पतिः

Transliteration

prātarutthāya susnāto liṃgamabhyarcya śāṃkaram | varṣaṃ paṭhannidaṃ stotraṃ mūrkho'pi syādbṛhaspatiḥ

Translation

Rising early in the morning, having bathed well, and worshipping Śaṅkara’s Liṅga, if one recites this hymn for a full year, even a dull-witted person becomes like Bṛhaspati, the divine preceptor, in wisdom.

Word by Word

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Kriya (अनुबन्ध/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having risen)

• सुस्नातः: well-bathed
• सुस्नातः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + स्नात (कृदन्त, स्ना धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कर्ता)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (अनुबन्ध/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having worshipped)

• शांकरम्: Śaṅkara’s; pertaining to Śiva
• शांकरम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शांकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गम्)

• वर्षम्: for a year
• वर्षम्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण/extent of time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालावधि (duration)

• पठन्: reciting; reading
• पठन्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (स्तोत्रम्)

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मूर्खः: a fool
• मूर्खः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (concessive/emphatic particle)

• स्यात्: would become
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati (the wise one)
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण/Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपमेय/फल (predicate nominative)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General liṅga-upāsanā instruction: morning purity (snāna), liṅga-arcana, and year-long stotra-pāṭha culminating in heightened buddhi. It reflects the Purāṇic ethic that disciplined worship draws Śiva’s prasāda.

Significance: Emphasizes nitya-sādhana over place: daily worship at a liṅga (home shrine or temple) becomes a sustained pilgrimage producing transformation of intellect (buddhi) and learning (vidyā).

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brihaspati

FAQs

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

It teaches that steady, purified, daily devotion to Śiva—expressed through Liṅga worship and disciplined stotra-recitation—refines the intellect and awakens sāttvika understanding, turning ignorance into wisdom by Śiva’s grace.

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

The Liṅga is the accessible Saguna focus through which the devotee concentrates mind and devotion; worshipping it with purity and repetition (stotra) stabilizes attention and makes the inner faculties fit to receive Śiva’s enlightening power.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A morning sādhana: rise early, bathe (śauca), perform Liṅga-pūjā/archana, and recite the specified stotra daily for a year as a vrata-like discipline; it can be supported by mantra-japa (e.g., Pañcākṣarī) though not explicitly stated in this line.