Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तन्मुखञ्च तथा यो वै पश्यतिप्रीतिमान्नरः । तीर्थजन्यं फलं तस्य भवतीति सुनिश्चितम्

Transliteration

tanmukhañca tathā yo vai paśyatiprītimānnaraḥ | tīrthajanyaṃ phalaṃ tasya bhavatīti suniścitam

Translation

Whoever, with a heart filled with devotion, beholds that sacred Countenance—of Viśveśvara—certainly attains the merit born of pilgrimage; of this there is no doubt.

Word by Word

• tat-mukham: that mouth/face
• tat-mukham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-तत्पुरुष (tasya mukham)

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

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: in that manner/also)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• prīti-mān: full of devotion/joy
• prīti-mān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक) + matup् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मतुपन्त (possessive adjective: ‘having prīti’)

• naraḥ: a man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tīrtha-janyam: arising from pilgrimage (merit)
• tīrtha-janyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + janya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (tīrthāt janyam)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Pratijñā/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• bhavati: is/becomes
• bhavati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• suniścitam: is निश्चित/ascertained
• suniścitam: Pratijñā/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + niścita (कृदन्त; √ci/चि with नि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) अर्थे ‘well-determined/ascertained’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: Darśana of Viśveśvara/Viśvanātha is proclaimed to yield tīrtha-born merit; Kāśī is treated as a self-sanctifying field where sight itself becomes pilgrimage.

Significance: Bhāva-yukta darśana (seeing with prīti/bhakti) is equated with tīrtha-phala, emphasizing inner disposition over mere travel.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shiva’s grace flows through devotional darśana: seeing the Lord with prīti (loving reverence) yields the same purifying merit as pilgrimage, emphasizing bhakti as a direct means to upliftment.

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

The verse highlights Saguna-upāsanā—approaching Shiva in a worshipable, perceivable form. Darśana of the Lord (including Linga-darśana) becomes a vehicle of tīrtha-phala when done with devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice devotional darśana with inner joy—visit a Shiva shrine or Linga, take focused sight (dhyāna through the eyes), and pair it with japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to deepen prīti.