Shloka 7

Vyāsa-pūjana-prakāra

Procedure for Worship of Vyāsa / the Ācārya

Devanagari script

विधानसहितं सम्यक्छतं हि सफलं स्मृतम् । पुराणं शौनकमुने सत्यमेवोदितं मया

Transliteration

vidhānasahitaṃ samyakchataṃ hi saphalaṃ smṛtam | purāṇaṃ śaunakamune satyamevoditaṃ mayā

Translation

વિધિ-વિધાન સહિત જે યોગ્ય રીતે કરવામાં આવે તે નિશ્ચયે ફળદાયક કહેવાય છે. હે શૌનક મુનિ, આ પુરાણ મેં માત્ર સત્યરૂપે જ કહ્યું છે.

Word by Word

• विधान-सहितम्: accompanied by injunctions/rules
• विधान-सहितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक) + सहित (कृदन्त; √सह्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सहितम् = 'सह' अर्थे क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• छतम्: a hundred (recitations/units)
• छतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• स-फलम्: fruitful
• स-फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपसर्ग/उपपद 'स' = 'सहित' अर्थे

• स्मृतम्: is declared/remembered (as)
• स्मृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पुराणम्: the Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शौनक-मुने: O sage Śaunaka
• शौनक-मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौनक (प्रातिपदिक) + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (शौनकः स मुनिः)

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (क्रियाविशेषणवत्: 'truly')

• एव: certainly/only
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• उदितम्: spoken/uttered
• उदितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद्/√उद्+√इ (धातु; उद्-√इ = 'to be uttered/said')
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Insistence on vidhāna (proper injunctions) implies that fruit arises when action aligns with dharma; neglect of rule is a form of tirodhāna (concealment) where results are veiled despite effort.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shaunaka

FAQs

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

It teaches that spiritual results arise when sacred study and worship are done correctly—aligned with scriptural injunctions and truthfulness—so the practice becomes truly efficacious and purifying.

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

It supports the Shaiva emphasis on saguna-upāsanā done with vidhi—such as Linga worship performed according to prescribed steps—so devotion is not merely emotional but also disciplined and spiritually productive.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Follow vidhi in Shiva worship: maintain purity, perform Linga-pūjā in the proper sequence (ācamana, dhyāna, mantra-japa, offering), and recite the Purāṇa or Panchākṣarī with sincerity and correctness.