Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 76
गणेशाभिषेक-वरदान-विधानम् | Gaṇeśa’s Consecration, Boons, and Prescribed Worship
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं निर्धनो लभते धनम् । भायार्थी लभते भार्यां प्रजार्थी लभते प्रजाम्
aputro labhate putraṃ nirdhano labhate dhanam | bhāyārthī labhate bhāryāṃ prajārthī labhate prajām
Celui qui n’a pas de fils obtient un fils; le démuni obtient la richesse. Celui qui cherche une épouse obtient une épouse, et celui qui désire une descendance obtient des enfants—tels sont les fruits accordés par la dévotion au Seigneur Śiva.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the phalaśruti to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Phalaśruti promises worldly fulfillments (putra, dhana, dāra, prajā). In Siddhānta framing, such boons are secondary fruits of devotion; the higher fruit is gradual loosening of pāśa through Śiva’s grace.
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It teaches that sincere Śiva-bhakti brings both laukika (worldly) welfare—family, prosperity, marriage—and, by implication, steadies the devotee for higher pursuit, since Śiva as Pati can loosen pāśa (bondage) through grace.
The verse functions as a phalaśruti for Saguna-Śiva worship—approaching Śiva through the Liṅga and prescribed observances—showing that the compassionate Lord responds to concrete human needs while drawing the devotee toward deeper devotion.
Undertake Śiva-vrata with regular Liṅga-pūjā and japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”); maintain purity and devotion—these are the standard Shaiva means implied in such phalaśrutis.