Shloka 50
Kṣetra–Kāla–Phala-kramaḥ
Hierarchy of Sacred Place, Time, and Ritual Fruit
सर्वं सर्वसमृद्ध्यर्थं कूष्मांडं पुष्टिदं विदुः । प्राप्तिदं सर्वभोगानामिह चाऽमुत्र च द्विजाः
sarvaṃ sarvasamṛddhyarthaṃ kūṣmāṃḍaṃ puṣṭidaṃ viduḥ | prāptidaṃ sarvabhogānāmiha cā'mutra ca dvijāḥ
ஓ இருபிறப்பினரே, எல்லா விதமான சமృద్ధிக்காகக் கூஷ்மாண்டம் (சாம்பல் பூசணிக்காய்) புஷ்டி தருவது என்று ஞானிகள் கூறுகின்றனர். இது இவ்வுலகிலும் மறுவுலகிலும் எல்லா போகங்களின் பெறுபேற்றை அளிக்கும்.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: General dāna-phala instruction; no direct Jyotirliṅga linkage. Kūṣmāṇḍa is, however, widely used in folk-Śaiva and temple contexts as a ‘doṣa-śānti’ and nourishment symbol.
Significance: Encourages gifts that sustain body and community; in Siddhānta framing, such dharmic acts purify the paśu and support steady worship leading toward anugraha.
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
The verse highlights that even simple, sattvic offerings used in Shiva worship can become vehicles of grace, supporting both worldly well-being (prosperity and nourishment) and posthumous merit—when offered with devotion and right intent.
In Saguna Shiva worship—especially Linga puja—naivedya and auspicious substances are offered as outward expressions of bhakti. This verse frames kūṣmāṇḍa as an efficacious offering whose fruit extends to ‘iha’ and ‘amutra,’ consistent with Purāṇic Linga-upāsanā that yields both material and spiritual outcomes.
A practical takeaway is to offer kūṣmāṇḍa as naivedya during Shiva Linga worship (especially on Mondays or Mahāśivarātri) while chanting the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” dedicating the act for nourishment, steadiness, and righteous prosperity.