Shloka 50

Devanagari script

स्मरन्नित्यं शंकरं त्वं गच्छ कृष्ण गृहं सुखी । भविष्यसि सदा तात शिवभक्तगणाग्रणीः

Transliteration

smarannityaṃ śaṃkaraṃ tvaṃ gaccha kṛṣṇa gṛhaṃ sukhī | bhaviṣyasi sadā tāta śivabhaktagaṇāgraṇīḥ

Translation

“Lembrando sempre Śaṅkara, vai, ó Kṛṣṇa, para tua casa em paz e alegria. Filho querido, serás para sempre o principal entre os devotos de Śiva.”

Word by Word

• स्मरन्: remembering
• स्मरन्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st—प्रथमा), Singular; agrees with ‘त्वम्’

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया एकवचन) meaning ‘always’

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd—द्वितीया), Singular; object of ‘स्मरन्’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Second-person pronoun, Nominative (1st—प्रथमा), Singular

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular; parasmaipada

• कृष्ण: O Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th—सम्बोधन), Singular; address

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd—द्वितीया), Singular; goal/object of motion

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Pradhana-predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st—प्रथमा), Singular; predicate adjective for ‘त्वम्’

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular; parasmaipada

• सदा: always
• सदा: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)

• तात: dear child
• तात: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th—सम्बोधन), Singular; address

• शिवभक्तगणाग्रणीः: leader of the band of Śiva’s devotees
• शिवभक्तगणाग्रणीः: Pradhana-predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्रणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st—प्रथमा), Singular; tatpuruṣa ‘leader of the group of Śiva-devotees’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Uma Samhita dialogue; the immediate speaker in the verse is inferred as a venerable instructor/blesser within the narrative)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches nitya-smaraṇa (constant remembrance) of Śiva as the heart of bhakti: by keeping Śaṅkara in mind in daily life, one becomes steady, protected, and naturally rises as an exemplar among devotees.

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

Remembering Śaṅkara points to Saguna-upāsanā—holding a personal, gracious form of Śiva in awareness—often supported by Linga worship as a concrete focus that stabilizes devotion and inner recollection.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple daily sādhana is implied: repeat the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with mindful remembrance of Śaṅkara, optionally alongside Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and rudrākṣa as aids to continuous Shiva-centered awareness.