Shloka 7

Kṛṣṇādi-Śivabhaktoddhāraṇa & Śiva-māhātmya-varṇana

Deliverance of Krishna and other devotees; Description of Shiva’s Greatness

Devanagari script

तेन जपप्रभावेण सत्यं द्रक्ष्यसि शंकरम् । आत्मतुल्यबलं पुत्रं लभिष्यसि महेश्वरात्

Transliteration

tena japaprabhāveṇa satyaṃ drakṣyasi śaṃkaram | ātmatulyabalaṃ putraṃ labhiṣyasi maheśvarāt

Translation

ಆ ಮಂತ್ರಜಪದ ಪ್ರಭಾವದಿಂದ ನೀನು ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಶಂಕರನ ದರ್ಶನ ಪಡೆಯುವೆ. ಮತ್ತು ಮಹೇಶ್ವರನಿಂದ ನಿನ್ನಷ್ಟೇ ಬಲವಿರುವ ಪುತ್ರನನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುವೆ.

Word by Word

• tena: by that
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; pronoun/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/Napuṃsaka (Masculine/Neuter), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/तृतीया) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• japa-prabhāveṇa: by the power of (that) recitation
• japa-prabhāveṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: japa (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/तृतीया) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: japasya prabhāvaḥ

• satyam: truly
• satyam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa-avyaya (adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषणवत् द्वितीया)

• drakṣyasi: you will see
• drakṣyasi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्)
• Form: Luṭ (Simple future/लृट्), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person/मध्यमपुरुष), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• śaṃkaram: Śaṅkara
• śaṃkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (Accusative/द्वितीया) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• ātma-tulya-balam: having strength equal to yours
• ātma-tulya-balam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + tulya (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (Accusative/द्वितीया) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); multi-member tatpuruṣa: ātmanā tulyam balaṃ yasya (sense: 'strength equal to oneself') used as viśeṣaṇa of putram

• putram: a son
• putram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (Accusative/द्वितीyaa) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• labhiṣyasi: you will obtain
• labhiṣyasi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (लभ्)
• Form: Luṭ (Simple future/लृट्), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person/मध्यमपुरुष), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• maheśvarāt: from Maheśvara
• maheśvarāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Pañcamī (Ablative/पञ्चमी) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Uma Samhita discourse to the sages, conveying the assurance given about japa and Shiva’s grace)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Śarabheśvara

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares that sincere mantra-japa becomes a direct means to Śiva’s anugraha (grace): through disciplined repetition the devotee gains true darśana of Pati (Śaṅkara), and receives divinely sanctioned blessings in accordance with dharma.

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

Japa is a Saguna-oriented upāya: the mind is steadied on Śiva with form and name (Śaṅkara/Maheśvara), often alongside Liṅga worship, so that devotion ripens into experiential darśana rather than remaining only conceptual.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Mantra-japa as a steady daily sādhana—repetition with faith and purity—implying a Shaiva regimen commonly supported by Liṅga-pūjā, vibhūti (tripuṇḍra), and rudrākṣa where applicable.