Shloka 26

Pitṛbhakti and Śrāddha: The Classification of Pitṛs and the Superiority of Pitṛ-kārya

Devanagari script

तमेवार्थमनुध्याय ज्ञानं मरणसंभवम् । आसन्वनचराः क्षांता निर्द्वंद्वा निष्परिग्रहाः

Transliteration

tamevārthamanudhyāya jñānaṃ maraṇasaṃbhavam | āsanvanacarāḥ kṣāṃtā nirdvaṃdvā niṣparigrahāḥ

Translation

Размышляя лишь о той Высшей Реальности, они взращивали освобождающее знание, рождаемое памятованием о смерти. Они жили как лесные отшельники, терпеливые и снисходительные, свободные от пар противоположностей и без чувства обладания.

Word by Word

• तम्: that (him/that)
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

• अर्थम्: meaning/goal
• अर्थम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अनुध्याय: having meditated upon
• अनुध्याय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Gerund)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु+√ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having meditated upon’

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; यहाँ कर्म/विषयार्थे

• मरणसंभवम्: arising from death (i.e., connected with mortality)
• मरणसंभवम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मरण-सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (ज्ञानम्)

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• वनचराः: forest-dwellers
• वनचराः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन-चर (प्रातिपदिक; चर < √चर् (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कृदन्त-नाम (चर = one who moves)

• क्षान्ताः: patient/forbearing
• क्षान्ताः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षान्त (प्रातिपदिक; क्षान्त < √क्षम् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• निर्द्वन्द्वाः: free from pairs of opposites
• निर्द्वन्द्वाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-द्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; उपसर्ग-निर् (privative)

• निष्परिग्रहाः: without possessions
• निष्परिग्रहाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्-परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; निष् (privative)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents the Shaiva path of liberation: steady contemplation of the Supreme (Pati/Shiva), supported by vairagya—remembering the impermanence of life—leading to jñāna that dissolves bondage and stabilizes equanimity.

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

Though phrased philosophically, the practice aligns with Saguna upāsanā (such as Linga worship) as a support for single-pointed meditation; through devotion and contemplation, the mind matures toward realizing Shiva as the one Reality beyond dualities.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests sustained meditation (anudhyāna) with renunciation: repeating the Panchākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and living simply—minimizing possessions and reactions to opposites—while maintaining daily Shaiva disciplines like bhasma and rudrākṣa where appropriate.