Shloka 36

पानीयदान-प्रपादान-वापीकूपतडाग-निर्माण-प्रशंसा

Praise of Water-Gift and the Construction of Wells and Tanks

Devanagari script

वेदा यज्ञास्तथा मंत्रास्संति विप्रेषु नित्यशः । नोभांत्यपि ह्यसत्येषु तस्मात्सत्यं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

vedā yajñāstathā maṃtrāssaṃti vipreṣu nityaśaḥ | nobhāṃtyapi hyasatyeṣu tasmātsatyaṃ samācaret

Translation

ವೇದಗಳು, ಯಜ್ಞಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಮಂತ್ರಗಳು ವಿಪ್ರರಲ್ಲಿ ನಿತ್ಯವಿರುತ್ತವೆ; ಆದರೆ ಅಸತ್ಯವಂತರಲ್ಲಿ ಅವು ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನು ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ಆಚರಿಸಬೇಕು।

Word by Word

• वेदाः: Vedas
• वेदाः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यज्ञाः: sacrifices
• यज्ञाः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तथा: likewise/and also
• तथा: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• मन्त्राः: mantras
• मन्त्राः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सन्ति: are/exist
• सन्ति: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• विप्रेषु: among brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेषु: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नित्यशः: always
• नित्यशः: काल/रीति (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यशः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb: always/continually)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• उभान्ति: shine/manifest
• उभान्ति: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada); उपसर्ग-रहित ‘भा’ (to shine/appear)

• अपि: even
• अपि: अवधारण/समुच्चय (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: हेतु (Reason marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (causal/emphatic particle)

• असत्येषु: in the untrue/false (persons/things)
• असत्येषु: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘असत्य’ = न + सत्य (negated)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine/Pronoun), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); correlative ‘therefore’

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• समाचरेत्: should practice/should follow
• समाचरेत्: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (teaching Umā/Parvati in the Umāsaṃhitā discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches that mantra-śakti and Vedic merit are sustained by inner integrity; without satya (truthfulness), sacred knowledge remains fruitless and cannot illumine the seeker on the Shaiva path toward liberation.

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

Linga-worship is not merely external ritual; it requires ethical purity. Truthfulness makes devotion and mantra-japa effective, allowing Saguna Shiva’s grace to be reflected clearly in the devotee’s life and consciousness.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice satya as a daily vrata alongside Shiva-upāsanā—especially steady mantra-japa (e.g., Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with truthful speech and honest conduct, so the mantra can ‘shine’ within.