Shloka 37

Sadācāra–Varṇa-lakṣaṇa and Prātaḥkṛtya

Right Conduct, Social Typologies, and Morning Purification

Devanagari script

भोगमोक्षप्रदे धर्मे ज्ञाने च प्रेरयेत्सदा । इत्थमर्थं धियाध्यायन्ब्रह्मप्राप्नोति निश्चयः

Transliteration

bhogamokṣaprade dharme jñāne ca prerayetsadā | itthamarthaṃ dhiyādhyāyanbrahmaprāpnoti niścayaḥ

Translation

常に人々をダルマと解脱の智慧へと励ますべきである。それらは世の安楽と究竟の解脱とを授ける。かくのごとき義を明らかな理解をもって観想する者は、疑いなくブラフマン（シヴァ）に到達する。

Word by Word

• भोगमोक्षप्रदे: in (that which is) bestowing enjoyment and liberation
• भोगमोक्षप्रदे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) वा नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier of ‘dharme/jñāne’); तत्पुरुष (giver of enjoyment and liberation)

• धर्मे: in dharma
• धर्मे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ज्ञाने: in knowledge
• ज्ञाने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• प्रेरयेत्: should impel/engage
• प्रेरयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ईर्/इर् (धातु) (प्रेरणे)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/पोटेन्शियल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• अर्थम्: meaning/purport
• अर्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• धिया: with the intellect
• धिया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ध्यायन्: meditating
• ध्यायन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• निश्चयः: certainty/assurance
• निश्चयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); वाक्योपसंहार-कर्तृवाचक (as ‘certainly/assuredly’ in sense)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva doctrine to the sages at Naimisharanya, as typical for the Vidyeshvara/Viśveśvara section)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that a complete Shaiva life unites dharma (right living) with jñāna (liberating insight). When one contemplates this purport and lives it, one reaches the Supreme—Śiva as Brahman—culminating in moksha.

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

In the Vidyeshvara context, Linga-worship is the practical support for dharma and jñāna: it disciplines conduct (dharma) and focuses contemplation (jñāna), leading from Saguna devotion to realization of Śiva as the Supreme Reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse emphasizes contemplative meditation on the teaching’s purport; in Shaiva practice this is commonly supported by daily Shiva-puja, japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and steady cultivation of dharmic conduct.