Shloka 43

Brahmā–Viṣṇu-Pūjā: Upacāra-Vistāra and Īśvara’s Prasāda

Offerings in Shiva Worship and the Lord’s Grace

Devanagari script

मदात्मकमिदं नित्यं मम सान्निध्यकारणम् । महत्पूज्यमिदं नित्यमभेदाल्लिंगसिंगिनोः

Transliteration

madātmakamidaṃ nityaṃ mama sānnidhyakāraṇam | mahatpūjyamidaṃ nityamabhedālliṃgasiṃginoḥ

Translation

ഈ ലിംഗം നിത്യവും എന്റെ തന്നെ സ്വഭാവമാണ്; എന്റെ സാന്നിധ്യത്തിനു കാരണമുമാണ്. ലിംഗവും ലിംഗിയും (ശിവൻ) അഭേദമായതിനാൽ ഇത് എപ്പോഴും മഹാപൂജ്യം.

Word by Word

• mad-ātmakam: of my very nature
• mad-ātmakam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘my-natured’

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• sānnidhya-kāraṇam: cause of (my) presence
• sānnidhya-kāraṇam: Vidheyapada (विधेयपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sānnidhya + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (or Accusative), Singular; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘cause of presence/nearby-ness’

• mahat-pūjyam: greatly venerable
• mahat-pūjyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjya (पूज् धातु + यत् कृत्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular; कर्मधारय: ‘great and worship-worthy’; pūjya = gerundive (यत्)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• abhedāt: because of non-difference
• abhedāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) or Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) usage; Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; ‘from non-difference’

• liṅga-siṅginoḥ: of the liṅga and the liṅgin (Śiva)
• liṅga-siṅginoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga + siṅgin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual (द्विवचन); द्वन्द्व (इतरेतर): ‘of the liṅga and the liṅgin (the possessor of the liṅga)’

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The verse states the arcā-liṅga is ‘madātmaka’ and causes sānnidhya; this matches the sthala-purāṇa logic of many liṅga-kṣetras: the Lord makes Himself accessible through consecrated presence.

Significance: Affirms that worship of the liṅga is worship of Śiva Himself (non-difference), strengthening faith (śraddhā) and making grace experientially near.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga

FAQs

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

It establishes that the Śiva-Liṅga is not a mere symbol but a perpetual locus of Śiva’s presence; worship offered to the Liṅga reaches Śiva directly because of their essential non-difference.

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

It legitimizes Saguna upāsanā (devotional worship with form) by declaring the Liṅga to be Śiva’s own nature and therefore supremely worship-worthy; devotion to the Liṅga becomes devotion to Śiva Himself.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular (nitya) Liṅga-pūjā is implied—daily worship with mantra (notably the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), along with traditional offerings such as water/abhisheka and reverent contemplation of Śiva’s living presence (sānnidhya).