Shloka 77

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

Devanagari script

इदमाख्यानमनघं सर्वकामफलप्रदम् । स्वर्ग्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं सताम्

Transliteration

idamākhyānamanaghaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam | svargyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ bhuktimuktipradaṃ satām

Translation

この無垢なる聖なる物語は、正しき願いのすべてに果報を与える。天界の功徳、名声、長寿を授け、徳ある者には世の享楽と究竟の解脱（モークシャ）とをともに与える。

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• आख्यानम्: narrative/account
• आख्यानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अनघम्: sinless/pure
• अनघम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणं 'आख्यानम्' प्रति

• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: granting the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + फल + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—सर्वेषां कामानां फलम् (सर्वकामफल) + प्रदम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष

• स्वर्ग्यम्: heavenly
• स्वर्ग्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणं 'आख्यानम्' प्रति

• यशस्यम्: fame-giving
• यशस्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणं 'आख्यानम्' प्रति

• आयुष्यम्: life-promoting
• आयुष्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणं 'आख्यानम्' प्रति

• भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदम्: granting enjoyment and liberation
• भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुक्ति + मुक्ति + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—भुक्तिः च मुक्तिः (द्वन्द्व) + प्रदम् (giver)

• सताम्: for/of the good (people)
• सताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Frames Śiva-kathā as a merit-and-liberation yielding act: dharma (svarga, yaśas, āyus) culminating in bhukti-mukti for satām.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It is a phalaśruti (promise of fruits) declaring that sincere hearing/recitation of this Shaiva narrative purifies the mind and ripens devotion, culminating in both dharmic prosperity and the supreme goal of moksha through Shiva’s grace.

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

By praising the ‘ākhyāna’ as liberating, it endorses Saguna Shiva-upasana—devotional engagement with Shiva’s forms, names, and deeds (including Linga worship)—as a valid means that leads from merit and blessings to inner purification and liberation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of the Shiva Purana with bhakti, ideally alongside japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and simple Shiva worship (Linga abhisheka) as one’s capacity permits.