Shloka 71

उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace

Devanagari script

अक्षया बान्धवाश्चैव कुलं गोत्रं च ते सदा । भविष्यति द्विजश्रेष्ठ मयि भक्तिश्च शाश्वती

Transliteration

akṣayā bāndhavāścaiva kulaṃ gotraṃ ca te sadā | bhaviṣyati dvijaśreṣṭha mayi bhaktiśca śāśvatī

Translation

「汝の縁者は尽きることなく、家系とゴートラも常に存続せん。おお最勝の再生者よ、我への信愛（バクティ）もまた永遠ならん。」

Word by Word

• akṣayāḥ: imperishable
• akṣayāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + kṣaya (क्षय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); viśeṣaṇa of bāndhavāḥ

• bāndhavāḥ: kinsmen, relatives
• bāndhavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāndhava (बान्धव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय-निपात, conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (अवधारण-निपात, emphatic particle)

• kulam: family/lineage
• kulam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (कुल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• gotram: clan, gotra
• gotram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra (गोत्र-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय-निपात, conjunction)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी, genitive), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (काल-अव्यय, adverb)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू-धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्, periphrastic future), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• dvija-śreṣṭha: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (द्विज-प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (श्रेष्ठ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya-samāsa (कर्मधारय), Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Sambodhana (सम्बोधन), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• mayi: in me / toward me
• mayi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी, locative), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• bhaktiḥ: devotion
• bhaktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय-निपात, conjunction)

• śāśvatī: eternal
• śāśvatī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāśvatī (शाश्वती-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of bhaktiḥ

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: anugraha

Shiva Form: Sadashiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva’s grace as twofold: worldly stability (enduring family line and gotra) and the higher gift of śāśvatī-bhakti—devotion that persists and matures toward liberation under Pati (Shiva), the Lord of souls.

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

The verse reflects Saguna Shiva’s compassionate, boon-giving aspect—responding to worship (often through the Linga) by granting both dharmic prosperity and steady devotion that keeps the devotee oriented to Shiva rather than merely to results.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate enduring bhakti through regular Shiva-upāsanā—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Linga-abhisheka, and daily remembrance—so the boon becomes inner steadfastness rather than only external continuity.