Shloka 52

Devanagari script

महादारिद्र्य शमनं सर्वसंपत्करं भवेत् । गृहक्षेत्रादिदानाच्च गृहोपकरणादिना

Transliteration

mahādāridrya śamanaṃ sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ bhavet | gṛhakṣetrādidānācca gṛhopakaraṇādinā

Translation

Gifts such as a house, land, and other household provisions become a remedy for great poverty and a cause of every kind of prosperity.

Word by Word

• महादारिद्र्य: great poverty
• महादारिद्र्य: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + दारिद्र्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• शमनम्: pacification/removal
• शमनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• सर्वसंपत्करम्: bringing all prosperity
• सर्वसंपत्करम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वसंपत्कर (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + संपत् + कर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; (neuter, nominative/accusative singular); विशेषण (adjectival)

• भवेत्: would be/should become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गृहक्षेत्रादिदानात्: from the giving of house, land, etc.
• गृहक्षेत्रादिदानात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह-क्षेत्र-आदि-दान (प्रातिपदिक; गृह + क्षेत्र + आदि + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; (neuter, ablative singular)

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

• गृहोपकरणादिना: by (giving) household implements etc.
• गृहोपकरणादिना: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह-उपकरण-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; गृह + उपकरण + आदि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; (neuter, instrumental singular)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating Shiva Purana teachings to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not tied to a Jyotirliṅga; it states a general dharma principle: large-scale dāna (house, land, household goods) pacifies extreme poverty and generates prosperity.

Significance: In Siddhānta terms, dāna reduces pāśa as karmic burden and social suffering, stabilizing the paśu’s life so that worship (caryā/kriyā) and knowledge (jñāna) can mature toward liberation.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Parvati

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that dāna (selfless giving) purifies possessiveness and alleviates karmic scarcity, turning resources into dharmic merit that supports both worldly well-being and spiritual upliftment under Shiva’s grace.

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

In Shaiva practice, offering and charity are extensions of Linga-worship: what is dedicated to Shiva (directly or through supporting beings and household stability) becomes sanctified, reinforcing devotion to Saguna Shiva as the Lord who bestows auspicious prosperity.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform dāna—especially on Shiva days (Pradoṣa, Monday, Mahāśivarātri)—and accompany it with Panchākṣarī japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a sankalpa that the gift be offered to Shiva for the relief of suffering and the increase of sattva.