Shloka 24

प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः

The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava

Devanagari script

श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं कर्म्म कुर्व्व न्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यति । इत्युक्तम्परमेशेन वेदमार्गप्रदर्शिना

Transliteration

śrutismṛtyuditaṃ karmma kurvva nsiddhimavāpsyati | ityuktamparameśena vedamārgapradarśinā

Translation

ശ്രുതി-സ്മൃതികളിൽ വിധിക്കപ്പെട്ട കര്‍മ്മങ്ങൾ ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു—എന്ന് വേദമാർഗ്ഗപ്രദർശകനായ പരമേശൻ (ശിവൻ) അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• श्रुति-स्मृति-उदितम्: declared in the Śruti and Smṛti
• श्रुति-स्मृति-उदितम्: Karma (कर्म) as qualifier of object
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक) + उदित (कृदन्त, √वद्/√उद्?; here 'udita' as past passive participle from √वद्/√उद् in sense 'said/declared')
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1/2 विभक्ति), Singular (एकवचन); कृदन्त-विशेषण (past passive participle) qualifying 'कर्म'

• कर्म: duty/ritual action
• कर्म: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• कुर्वन्: doing/performing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (वर्तमानकृदन्त/शतृ), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agent-participle referring to implied 'he'

• सिद्धिम्: success/accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• अवाप्स्यति: will attain
• अवाप्स्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (लुट्, Periphrastic Future), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• उक्तम्: was said
• उक्तम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); impersonal/passive: 'it was said'

• परमेशेन: by the Supreme Lord
• परमेशेन: Kartr̥-karaṇa (कर्ता-तृतीया; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• वेद-मार्ग-प्रदर्शिना: by the one who shows the Vedic path
• वेद-मार्ग-प्रदर्शिना: Kartr̥-karaṇa (कर्ता-तृतीया; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदर्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to 'परमेशेन'

Speaker

Lord Shiva (Parameśa), as quoted within Suta Goswami’s narration in the Kailasha Samhita context

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: śrutismṛtyuditaṃ karmma kurvvan siddhim avāpsyati

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It affirms that disciplined conduct aligned with Śruti and Smṛti purifies the soul (paśu) and becomes a means toward siddhi—qualified progress toward liberation—under Śiva’s guidance as Pati.

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

It frames Linga/Saguna-Śiva worship within the Vedic order: devotion and ritual are to be performed according to scriptural injunctions, so worship becomes a sanctifying, liberating practice rather than mere external action.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Follow scripturally taught Shiva-upāsanā as karma: daily purity disciplines, mantra-japa (especially Panchākṣarī—Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and prescribed pūjā/vrata performed with right intention and adherence to dharma.