Shloka 30

यममार्गे सुखदायकधर्माः

Dharmas that Grant Ease on the Path to Yama

Devanagari script

अन्नेन धार्य्यते सर्वं विश्वं जगदिदं मुने । अन्नमूर्जस्करं लोके प्राणा ह्यन्ने प्रतिष्ठिताः

Transliteration

annena dhāryyate sarvaṃ viśvaṃ jagadidaṃ mune | annamūrjaskaraṃ loke prāṇā hyanne pratiṣṭhitāḥ

Translation

おお牟尼よ、この全宇宙—動きゆくこの世界—は食によって支えられている。世において食は力と活力の源であり、生命の息吹はまことに食に安住する。

Word by Word

• अन्नेन: by food
• अन्नेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• धार्यते: is sustained
• धार्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• विश्वम्: the universe
• विश्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; 'सर्वम्' इत्यस्य विशेष्य (apposition)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; 'विश्वम्' इत्यस्य विशेष्य (apposition)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (this)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ऊर्जस्करम्: vigor-giving
• ऊर्जस्करम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्जस् + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ऊर्जसः करम् (producing vigor)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• प्राणाः: vital breaths/life-forces
• प्राणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• अन्ने: in food/on food
• अन्ने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• प्रतिष्ठिताः: are established/rest on
• प्रतिष्ठिताः: Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; 'सन्ति' लुप्त, विधेय (predicate)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (instructing as a philosophical teacher within the Umāsaṃhitā dialogue)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Interprets food as the sustaining substrate for prāṇa and worldly movement; supports the ethic that feeding is participation in cosmic maintenance (sthiti) and thus a Śaiva service.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

FAQs

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

It teaches that embodied life depends on anna (food), and therefore sustaining the body responsibly is part of dharma; in Shaiva Siddhanta, the body becomes a fit instrument for Shiva-worship and liberation when nourished and governed with purity.

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

Linga worship is performed through the body and breath; since prana rests upon food, honoring food with restraint and purity supports steady puja, japa, and devotion to Saguna Shiva, making worship stable and effective.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adopt sattvic, moderate eating (mitāhāra) to steady prāṇa for japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and meditation; on vrata days like Mahashivratri, fasting or light intake is done to refine prāṇa for worship.