Shloka 51

गौतमस्य शिवदर्शनं पापक्षयवचनं च | Gautama’s Vision of Śiva and the Teaching on Sin and Purification

Devanagari script

तद्दिनं हि समारभ्य सिंहस्थे च बृहस्पतौ । आयांति सर्वतीर्थानि क्षेत्राणि देवतानि च

Transliteration

taddinaṃ hi samārabhya siṃhasthe ca bṛhaspatau | āyāṃti sarvatīrthāni kṣetrāṇi devatāni ca

Translation

ആ ദിനം മുതൽ, സിംഹരാശിയിൽ ബൃഹസ്പതി സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുമ്പോൾ, സർവ്വ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രങ്ങളും ദേവതകളും പോലും അവിടെ എത്തുന്നു എന്നു പറയുന്നു।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेषण (विशेष्य-निर्देशक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• दिनम्: day (time)
• दिनम्: अधिकरण (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-बल (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• समारभ्य: starting from
• समारभ्य: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having begun/starting from’

• सिंहस्थे: in (the sign) Leo / when Leo is ascendant
• सिंहस्थे: अधिकरण (स्थान/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः सिंह-स्थ (सिंहे स्थः/स्थितिः)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बृहस्पतौ: in/when (the planet) Jupiter
• बृहस्पतौ: अधिकरण (काल-अधिकरण: ‘when Jupiter is…’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• आयान्ति: come
• आयान्ति: क्रिया (verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वतीर्थानि: all pilgrimage places
• सर्वतीर्थानि: कर्ता (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समासः सर्व + तीर्थ (all sacred places)

• क्षेत्राणि: holy fields/regions
• क्षेत्राणि: कर्ता (समुच्चित-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• देवतानि: deities
• देवतानि: कर्ता (समुच्चित-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग-आकारान्त, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; रूपं नपुंसकवत् दृश्यते (देवतानि)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Tryambakeśvara

Sthala Purana: From the founding moment, a recurring cosmic-astrological trigger is given: when Bṛhaspati (Jupiter) enters Siṃha (Leo), all tīrthas, kṣetras, and devatās converge at Gautamī–Tryambaka—an archetype for the Siṃhastha/Kumbha gathering at Nāśik–Trimbak.

Significance: Marks the auspicious Siṃhastha period when bathing and worship are believed to yield multiplied merit due to the ‘confluence’ of all tīrthas and divine presences.

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Bṛhaspati in Siṃha (Jupiter transiting Leo): Siṃhastha/Kumbha convergence motif

Characters & Entities

• Brihaspati

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that certain sacred times intensify the presence and merit of a holy place—so pilgrimage, worship, and remembrance of Shiva performed then become especially fruitful for purification and liberation-oriented devotion.

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

In the Kotirudrasaṃhitā’s Jyotirlinga context, the ‘arrival’ of all tīrthas and deities underscores the concentrated sanctity of the kṣetra where Shiva is worshiped in Saguna form as the Jyotirlinga, making darśana, abhiṣeka, and japa particularly efficacious.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Undertake tīrtha-snāna and perform Shiva-pūjā—especially linga-abhiṣeka—along with Panchākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and a simple vow of purity and devotion during the auspicious Jupiter-in-Leo period.