Shloka 43

शिशुकस्य शिवशास्त्रप्राप्तिः (Śiśuka’s Attainment of Śaiva Teaching and Grace)

Devanagari script

सप्रसादाश्च ते मंत्राः स्वाधिकाराद्यपेक्षया । सर्वाधिकारस्त्वेको ऽयं मंत्र एवेश्वराज्ञया

Transliteration

saprasādāśca te maṃtrāḥ svādhikārādyapekṣayā | sarvādhikārastveko 'yaṃ maṃtra eveśvarājñayā

Translation

Those mantras indeed bestow grace, each according to one’s own eligibility and the like. Yet, by the command of the Lord, this one mantra alone is the mantra that is universally authoritative (fit for all).

Word by Word

• स-प्रसादाः: grace-bestowing/with grace
• स-प्रसादाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह-अर्थ) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—प्रसादेन सह (with grace/favor)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मन्त्राः: mantras
• मन्त्राः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्व-अधिकार-आदि-अपेक्षया: with respect to (their) own eligibility etc.
• स्व-अधिकार-आदि-अपेक्षया: Hetu/Instrument (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिकार (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + अपेक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—स्वाधिकारादीनाम् अपेक्षया (with regard to one’s own eligibility etc.)

• सर्व-अधिकारः: universal eligibility
• सर्व-अधिकारः: Pratijna-predicative (विधेय/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—सर्वेषाम् अधिकारः (universal eligibility)

• तु: however
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• एकः: one
• एकः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of मन्त्रः)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Determiner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मन्त्रः: mantra
• मन्त्रः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: alone
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (only/indeed)

• ईश्वर-आज्ञया: by the Lord’s command
• ईश्वर-आज्ञया: Hetu/Instrument (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—ईश्वरस्य आज्ञया (by the Lord’s command)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: (Implied) Namaḥ Śivāya as the universally eligible mantra

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that while many mantras bear fruit according to a seeker’s qualification, the Lord grants one Shiva-mantra a universal scope—accessible for all as a direct means to receive grace and progress toward liberation.

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

A universally authorized Shiva-mantra supports Saguna worship—such as Linga-puja—by giving a single, dependable practice that any devotee can employ to invoke Shiva’s presence and prasada without complex restrictions.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular mantra-japa of the universally sanctioned Shiva-mantra (commonly understood in the Purana’s Shaiva context as the Panchakshara) with devotion, ideally alongside simple Shiva worship such as Linga-archana and remembrance of Shiva’s grace.