Shloka 52

Umāyāḥ Kriyāyoga-Rahasya

The Esoteric Teaching on Umā’s Kriyāyoga

Devanagari script

इत्थं ध्यात्वा महेशानीं भक्ताभीष्टफलप्रदाम् । नानाफलानि पक्वानि नैवेद्यत्वे प्रकल्पयेत्

Transliteration

itthaṃ dhyātvā maheśānīṃ bhaktābhīṣṭaphalapradām | nānāphalāni pakvāni naivedyatve prakalpayet

Translation

Thus, having meditated upon Maheśānī (Umā), who grants devotees the fruits they truly desire, one should arrange various ripe fruits as naivedya, a food-offering for worship.

Word by Word

• इत्थम्: thus/in this manner
• इत्थम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated
• ध्यात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• महेशानीम्: Maheśānī (Pārvatī)
• महेशानीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• भक्त: devotee
• भक्त: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (member of compound)

• अभीष्ट: desired
• अभीष्ट: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग; विशेषण (desired)

• फल: fruit/result
• फल: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (member of compound)

• प्रदाम्: giving/bestowing
• प्रदाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (giver)

• नाना: various
• नाना: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् विशेषण (indeclinable adjective)

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन

• पक्वानि: ripe
• पक्वानि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पक्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• नैवेद्यत्वे: as an offering (naivedya-state)
• नैवेद्यत्वे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्यत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष/भाव-समास (नैवेद्यस्य भावः/त्वम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन

• प्रकल्पयेत्: should arrange/prepare
• प्रकल्पयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+कल्प् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the prescribed worship as taught in the Uma Samhita tradition)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It links inner worship (dhyāna) with outer worship (naivedya), teaching that devotion to Maheśānī, approached through meditation and reverent offering, becomes a channel for receiving fitting fruits through divine grace.

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

In Saguna worship, Śiva is honored together with Śakti; meditating on Umā and offering naivedya complements Linga/Śiva-pūjā by acknowledging the inseparable power (Śakti) through which Śiva’s grace becomes effective in the devotee’s life.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

First perform dhyāna on Maheśānī as the giver of devotees’ desired fruits, then present ripe fruits as naivedya—an accessible pūjā practice often paired with mantra-japa (such as the Pañcākṣarī) in Shaiva devotion.