Shloka 63

Devanagari script

ममास्ति त्वखिलं ज्ञानं प्रसादाच्छूलपाणिनः । भूतं भव्यं भविष्यं च सर्वं जानामि तत्त्वतः

Transliteration

mamāsti tvakhilaṃ jñānaṃ prasādācchūlapāṇinaḥ | bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca sarvaṃ jānāmi tattvataḥ

Translation

三叉戟を執る主（シヴァ）の恩寵により、あらゆる智は我がものとなった。過去・現在・未来――そのすべてを、真実のままに我は知る。

Word by Word

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• अखिलम्: entire/complete
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'ज्ञान' इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (here as predicate/attributive)

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: from (the) grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• शूलपाणिनः: of the trident-handed (Shiva)
• शूलपाणिनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (शूलः पाणौ यस्य सः)

• भूतम्: the past
• भूतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भव्यम्: the future (that which is to be)
• भव्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भविष्यम्: the future
• भविष्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भविष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जानामि: I know
• जानामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• तत्त्वतः: truly/in essence
• तत्त्वतः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb), 'in truth/according to reality'

Speaker

A realized sage/narrator speaking within Umāsaṃhitā (discoursing on knowledge gained by Śiva’s grace)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Frames jñāna as Śiva’s prasāda (grace), implying that tīrtha/temple-darśana is efficacious only when it culminates in anugraha (inner illumination), not mere travel.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares that true, comprehensive knowledge (of past, present, and future) is not merely intellectual but arises from Śiva’s prasāda—grace that reveals reality (tattva) as it is, aligning with Shaiva Siddhanta’s emphasis on divine grace as the key to liberation.

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

Calling Śiva “the Trident-bearer” points to Saguna Śiva, approachable through devotion and worship (including the Liṅga). Such worship is portrayed as a channel for Śiva’s grace, through which deeper insight and right understanding dawn.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is grace-oriented japa and worship—especially Panchākṣarī mantra japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with devotion—supported by Shaiva disciplines like applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and maintaining inward remembrance of Śiva as the giver of jñāna.