Shiva Purana: Uma Samhita, Adhyaya 13, Shloka 32
पुराणविदः महिमा तथा अध्ययन-अध्यापन-दानफलम्
The Glory of the Purāṇa-Knower and the Fruits of Study, Teaching, and Giving
पुराणश्रवणं शम्भोर्नामसंकीर्तनं तथा । कल्पद्रुमफलं रम्यं मनुष्याणां न संशयः
purāṇaśravaṇaṃ śambhornāmasaṃkīrtanaṃ tathā | kalpadrumaphalaṃ ramyaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
पुराण सुनना और शिव जी के नाम गाना, दोनों काम कमाल का फल देता है। जैसे कल्पवृक्ष पूरी मंजिल पूरा करता है, वैसे ही यह भी कोई शक नहीं।
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s teaching within the Umāsaṃhitā context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: General phalaśruti: Purāṇa-śravaṇa and Śambhu-nāma-saṅkīrtana are likened to kalpavṛkṣa-fruit—granting desired ends culminating in mokṣa.
Significance: Frames nāma-saṅkīrtana and śravaṇa as universally portable pilgrimage (mānasa-tīrtha), accessible without complex ritual prerequisites.
Mantra: śambhor nāmasaṃkīrtanam
Type: stotra
FAQs
It declares that two core bhakti-acts—śravaṇa (devotional listening) and nāma-saṅkīrtana (chanting Shiva’s Names)—yield a wish-fulfilling, grace-bestowing result, implying that Shiva’s anugraha (divine favor) is quickly accessed through devotion.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana and Purāṇa-śravaṇa are Saguna-oriented practices: they engage the mind with Śiva’s compassionate, name-and-form aspect (Śambhu), preparing the devotee for deeper contemplation of the Linga as the sacred presence through which grace is received.
Regular Purāṇa recitation/hearing and daily japa or kīrtana of Shiva’s Names—especially the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a steady devotional discipline.
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