Shloka 37

गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः

Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa

Devanagari script

व्यापकाय पदस्यान्ते परमात्मन इत्यपि । शिवज्योतिश्चतुर्थ्यन्तं विश्वभूतपदम्पुनः

Transliteration

vyāpakāya padasyānte paramātmana ityapi | śivajyotiścaturthyantaṃ viśvabhūtapadampunaḥ

Translation

પદના અંતે ‘વ્યાપકાય’ તથા ‘પરમાત્મને’ પણ ઉમેરો. પછી ચતુર્થી અંતે ‘શિવજ્યોતિષે’—શિવજ્યોતિને—ઉચ્ચારો, અને ફરી ‘વિશ્વભૂતાય’—જે વિશ્વરૂપ થયો છે—આ પદ પણ કહો.

Word by Word

• व्यापकाय: to/for the all-pervading (one)
• व्यापकाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यापक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पदस्य: of the word/pada
• पदस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमात्मनः: of the Supreme Self
• परमात्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Gen./Abl. 6th/5th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: परमः आत्मा

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक (also/even)

• शिवज्योतिः: Śiva-jyotis
• शिवज्योतिः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन

• चतुर्थ्यन्तम्: dative-ending
• चतुर्थ्यन्तम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थी + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘ending in the dative’

• विश्वभूतपदम्: the word ‘viśvabhūta’
• विश्वभूतपदम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; mantra-utterance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + भूत + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: विश्वभूतस्य पदम् / विश्वभूत-पदम् (mantra-word)

• पुनः: again / further
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक (again/further)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (teaching a mantric/meditative formulation in a philosophical discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: vyāpakāya … paramātmane … śivajyotiḥ (caturthī-anta) … viśvabhūta

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches a contemplative way of addressing Śiva through epithets—All-pervading, Supreme Self, Light—so the devotee’s mind rests on Śiva as Pati (the Lord) who transcends yet pervades the universe, a key Shaiva Siddhanta orientation for liberation.

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

By calling Śiva ‘Light’ and ‘universe-formed,’ it bridges Saguna worship (Linga as a sacred support for devotion) with the realization of Śiva’s nirguna, all-pervading consciousness—Linga worship becomes a doorway to knowing Śiva as Paramātman.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Use these names in japa or mental recitation with a ‘dative’ devotional intent (“to Śiva…”), aligning the heart in offering (arpana-bhāva); it can be integrated with Panchākṣarī japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and meditative focus on Śiva as inner light.