Shloka 58

Devanagari script

सर्वत्र वर्तमानास्ते पितरः प्रपितामहाः । भावयिष्यंति सततं श्राद्धदानेन तर्पिताः

Transliteration

sarvatra vartamānāste pitaraḥ prapitāmahāḥ | bhāvayiṣyaṃti satataṃ śrāddhadānena tarpitāḥ

Translation

ພິຕຣະເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ—ບິດາ ແລະ ບັນພະບຸລຸດ—ສະຖິດຢູ່ທົ່ວທຸກແຫ່ງ. ເມື່ອທ່ານທັງຫຼາຍຖືກທຳໃຫ້ພໍໃຈດ້ວຍທານໃນພິທີ ສຣາດດະ ພວກທ່ານຈະປະທານການຄ້ຳຈຸນ ຄວາມອຸດົມ ແລະພອນ ແກ່ສາຍຕະກູນຢ່າງຕໍ່ເນື່ອງ.

Word by Word

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana/Spatial (अधिकरण/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb (देशवाचक)

• वर्तमानाः: existing/being present
• वर्तमानाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत् (धातु) + शतृ (कृत्) → वर्तमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (present active participle)

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• पितरः: ancestors (Pitṛs)
• पितरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• प्रपितामहाः: great-grandfathers/forefathers
• प्रपितामहाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: प्र + पितामह
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• भावयिष्यन्ति: will cause to prosper / will bless
• भावयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भावय् (धातु; causative of भू)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सततम्: constantly
• सततम्: Adhikarana/Temporal (अधिकरण/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन used adverbially (क्रियाविशेषण)

• श्राद्धदानेन: by the offering in śrāddha
• श्राद्धदानेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध-दान (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: श्राद्ध + दान
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'श्राद्धस्य दानम्'

• तर्पिताः: satiated/satisfied
• तर्पिताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्/तर्प् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → तर्पित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Pitrs

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that honoring the Pitṛs through śrāddha and dāna is a dharmic support-system for the lineage: when ancestors are content, they “bhāvayanti”—they nurture the family’s well-being and stability, aiding the householder’s righteous path toward Shiva’s grace.

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

In the Shiva Purana’s devotional framework, household rites like śrāddha complement Saguna Shiva worship: by fulfilling duties toward ancestors, one purifies conduct and intention, making one’s Shiva-puja (including Linga worship) steadier and more sattvic, fit for receiving Shiva’s anugraha (grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to śrāddha-dāna and tarpaṇa (satisfying offerings) as the practical discipline—performed with faith, purity, and charity—so that the Pitṛs are propitiated and the practitioner’s dharma is strengthened.