Shloka 8

Ghuśmeśa-jyotirliṅga-māhātmya

The Greatness of the Ghuśmeśa Jyotirlinga

Devanagari script

आयुर्बहु व्यतीयाय तस्य धर्मं प्रकुर्वतः । पुत्रश्च नाभवत्तस्य ऋतुः स्यादफलः स्त्रियाः

Transliteration

āyurbahu vyatīyāya tasya dharmaṃ prakurvataḥ | putraśca nābhavattasya ṛtuḥ syādaphalaḥ striyāḥ

Translation

定められたダルマを熱心に行じていたにもかかわらず、彼の生は多くの歳月を過ぎ去った。されど彼には一人の息子も生まれず、妻の受胎の時節もむなしく実を結ばなかった。

Word by Word

• आयुः: life-span/time
• आयुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• बहु: much, a lot
• बहु: Karta-visheshana (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular (agreeing with आयुः)

• व्यतीयाय: passed away
• व्यतीयाय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति + इ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Liṭ, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada; उपसर्ग: वि + अति (sense: passed by)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मम्: duty/righteous conduct
• धर्मम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रकुर्वतः: of (him) performing
• प्रकुर्वतः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — PPrP, Genitive, Singular; ‘while doing’

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अभवत्: came to be/was born
• अभवत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Laṅ, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular

• ऋतुः: season/menstrual period
• ऋतुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्यात्: would be/might be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Vidhi-liṅ, 3rd person, Singular

• अफलः: fruitless
• अफलः: Karta-visheshana (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (agreeing with ऋतुः)

• स्त्रियाः: of the woman
• स्त्रियाः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Feminine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights that outward dharma alone may not immediately yield desired worldly fruits; in Shaiva understanding, results mature by karma and time, and true refuge is taken in Pati (Shiva), whose grace aligns life with dharma and higher good.

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

Kotirudrasaṃhitā commonly frames human hardship as a turning-point toward Saguna Shiva worship—approaching Shiva through the Linga, vrata, japa, and pilgrimage—so that impediments (including delayed progeny) are removed by Shiva’s anugraha (grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical Shaiva takeaway is Panchakshara japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with Linga-pūjā, Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) dhāraṇa, and Rudrākṣa wearing—performed with vrata-like discipline, especially on Mondays or Mahāśivarātri.