Shloka 62

Svagati-varṇana

Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment

Devanagari script

सर्वमेतन्महाबाहो शंकरस्य महात्मनः । प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य विश्वं भावसमन्वितम

Transliteration

sarvametanmahābāho śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ | prasādāddevadevasya viśvaṃ bhāvasamanvitama

Translation

おお、強き腕を持つ者よ。これら一切は、大いなる魂を備えたシャンカラ、神々の神の御慈悲によって成り立つ。御加護により、全宇宙は神聖なる覚知と清らかな聖意に満たされ、保たれている。

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: कर्म (Karman/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; एतत्-विशेषण

• एतत्: this (whole)
• एतत्: कर्म (Karman/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वम्-विशेष्य (the referent 'this')

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: सम्बोधन (Address/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (Bahuvrīhi; 'one who has great arms'), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• शंकरस्य: of Śaṅkara
• शंकरस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: सम्बन्ध-विशेषण (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (Bahuvrīhi; 'great-souled'), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; शंकरस्य-विशेषण

• प्रसादात्: from (his) grace
• प्रसादात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Source; 'from/by reason of')
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpuruṣa; 'deva-deva' = god of gods), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• विश्वम्: the universe
• विश्वम्: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• भावसमन्वितम्: endowed with devotion/feeling
• भावसमन्वितम्: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाव + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpuruṣa; 'bhāva-samanvita' = endowed with devotion/feeling), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom./1st), एकवचन; विश्वम्-विशेषण

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana discourse, consistent with Uma Samhita expository style)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General doctrinal statement: the universe is ‘bhāva-samanvita’ (meaningfully pervaded/animated) by Devadeva’s prasāda—Śiva as the sustaining Lord rather than a localized shrine narrative.

Significance: Reorients pilgrimage from mere geography to recognition of Śiva’s prasāda as the ground of cosmic order; fosters īśvara-bhāvanā (seeing the world as grace-filled).

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Shankara)

FAQs

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

It teaches that the cosmos is not self-sufficient; it is upheld by Śiva as Pati (the Lord) through prasāda (grace). In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, liberation and right understanding arise when the soul recognizes divine dependence and turns toward Śiva’s grace.

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

By affirming that all existence flows from Śiva’s favor, the verse supports Saguna worship—approaching Śiva through the Liṅga as the accessible embodiment of the supreme Lord whose grace sustains and sanctifies the world.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate bhāva (devotional intention) while performing Śiva-pūjā—especially Liṅga-abhisheka and japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya)—seeking prasāda rather than merely worldly results.