Shloka 87

Vyāsotpatti-kathana

Account of the Birth/Origin of Vyāsa

Devanagari script

अहमप्यत्र संपूज्य मध्यमेश्वरमीश्वरम् । पुराणकर्तृताशक्तिं प्राप्स्यामि तरसा धुवम्

Transliteration

ahamapyatra saṃpūjya madhyameśvaramīśvaram | purāṇakartṛtāśaktiṃ prāpsyāmi tarasā dhuvam

Translation

ನಾನೂ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಮಧ್ಯಮೇಶ್ವರನಾದ ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರನನ್ನು ವಿಧಿವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಪೂಜಿಸಿ, ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಪುರಾಣ ರಚಿಸುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುವೆನು.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषवाचक-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्यय (also)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya (अनुक्रिया/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया; उपसर्गयुक्त

• मध्यमेश्वरम्: Madhyameśvara
• मध्यमेश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मध्यमस्य ईश्वरः)

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord
• ईश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; मध्यमेश्वरम् इत्यस्य पुनरुक्ति/विशेषणार्थक

• पुराण-कर्तृताशक्तिम्: the power to compose a Purāṇa
• पुराण-कर्तृताशक्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्तृताशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक: कर्तृता + शक्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (पुराणस्य कर्तृताशक्तिः = power of authorship of Purāṇa)

• प्राप्स्यामि: I will obtain
• प्राप्स्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गयुक्त

• तरसा: swiftly/with force
• तरसा: Karana (करण/रीति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (means/manner)

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचनप्रयोगः; निश्चयार्थे (certainly)

Speaker

Brahma

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Brahmā declares that worship of Madhyameśvara at this place grants purāṇa-kartṛtā-śakti; this functions as a local māhātmya claim (kṣetra-phala) rather than a Jyotirliṅga identification.

Significance: Worship here is said to confer authorial power—vāg-śakti, smṛti, and śāstra-sāmarthya—by Śiva’s grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (as Madhyameśvara)

FAQs

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

It emphasizes that true spiritual and scriptural capacity arises from Shiva’s grace (anugraha): by wholehearted worship of the Lord, one gains the divinely sanctioned shakti to serve dharma—here, the competence to compose sacred Purāṇic revelation.

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

The verse points to Saguna worship of Shiva as Madhyameśvara—approaching the Lord through a named, worshippable form—through which the devotee receives concrete fruits: clarity, authority, and spiritual empowerment for sacred work.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests saṃpūjā (complete worship) of Shiva—Linga-pūjā with mantra-japa (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), along with traditional Shaiva observances like bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as supports for focused devotion.