Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पूज्योसि दैवतैस्सर्वैः श्लाघनीयस्सदा गुणैः । जाप्यं तेऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रद्दधानाय चाच्युत

Transliteration

pūjyosi daivataissarvaiḥ ślāghanīyassadā guṇaiḥ | jāpyaṃ te'haṃ pravakṣyāmi śraddadhānāya cācyuta

Translation

ನೀನು ಎಲ್ಲ ದೇವತೆಗಳಿಗೂ ಪೂಜ್ಯನು; ನಿನ್ನ ಗುಣಗಳಿಂದ ಸದಾ ಶ್ಲಾಘನೀಯನು. ಹೇ ಅಚ್ಯುತ, ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾವಂತನಾದ ನಿನಗೆ ನಾನು ಈಗ ಜಪಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಮಂತ್ರವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Word by Word

• pūjyaḥ: worthy of worship
• pūjyaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (कृदन्त; √pūj पूज्)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); kṛtya-pratyaya -ya, passive-worthy/gerundive sense

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: Laṭ (Present/लट्), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person/मध्यमपुरुष), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• daivataiḥ: by the deities
• daivataiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daivata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/तृतीया) Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन)

• sarvaiḥ: by all
• sarvaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/तृतीया) Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); viśeṣaṇa of daivataiḥ

• ślāghanīyaḥ: praiseworthy
• ślāghanīyaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ślāghanīya (कृदन्त; √ślagh/ślāgh श्लाघ्)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); kṛtya -anīya, 'to be praised'

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (temporal adverb/काल-अव्यय)

• guṇaiḥ: by (your) virtues
• guṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/तृतीया) Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन)

• jāpyam: a mantra to be recited
• jāpyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāpya (कृदन्त; √jap जप्)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (Accusative/द्वितीया) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); kṛtya -ya, 'that which is to be recited'

• te: for you / your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक; pronoun/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/षष्ठी) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• aham: I
• aham: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक; pronoun/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• pravakṣyāmi: I will declare
• pravakṣyāmi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (वच्)
• Form: Luṭ (Periphrastic future/लुट्), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person/उत्तमपुरुष), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• śraddadhānāya: to one who has faith
• śraddadhānāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddadhāna (कृदन्त; √dhā धा with śrad-dhā idiom)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Caturthī (Dative/चतुर्थी) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); śatṛ/śānac-type present participle sense 'having faith'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avyaya (conjunction/समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• acyuta: O Acyuta (O infallible one)
• acyuta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (instructor figure within Umāsaṃhitā’s yogic-philosophical discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: No sthala narrative; the verse is upadeśa: Śiva praises the recipient’s virtues and announces he will teach a jāpya (repeatable) mantra—an explicit grace-through-instruction moment.

Significance: Positions mantra-upadeśa as a form of anugraha; in Siddhānta, right instruction (and by extension dīkṣā) is a principal conduit for liberation-oriented practice.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Devas

FAQs

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

It establishes śraddhā (faith) and guṇa (inner purity) as the qualification for receiving japa-upadeśa, indicating that mantra repetition is a direct discipline for approaching Pati (Shiva) and loosening pāśa (bondage).

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

By calling the recipient ‘worthy of worship by all gods’ and then prescribing japa, the verse links Saguna devotion (reverence, praise, worship) with an inner practice (mantra-japa) that can be performed alongside Linga-pūjā as a unified Shaiva sādhanā.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Mantra-japa is explicitly indicated; the practical takeaway is to receive a Shaiva mantra (classically the Panchākṣarī) and repeat it with faith and steadiness as a daily discipline, ideally integrated with basic Shiva worship.