Shloka 85

पार्थिवप्रतिमापूजाविधानम्

Pārthiva-pratimā Pūjā-vidhāna — Procedure for Worship of an Earthen Icon

Devanagari script

जन्मार्पणाच्छिवः प्रीतिः स्वसायुज्यं ददाति हि । इदं तज्जन्मनैवेद्यं शिवस्यैव प्रदापयेत्

Transliteration

janmārpaṇācchivaḥ prītiḥ svasāyujyaṃ dadāti hi | idaṃ tajjanmanaivedyaṃ śivasyaiva pradāpayet

Translation

జన్మార్పణం వల్ల శివుడు ప్రసన్నుడై నిశ్చయంగా స్వసాయుజ్యాన్ని ప్రసాదిస్తాడు. కాబట్టి ఈ ‘జన్మ-నైవేద్యాన్ని’ శివునికే సమర్పించాలి.

Word by Word

• janma-arpaṇāt: from (the act of) dedicating one’s birth
• janma-arpaṇāt: Apādāna (अपादान/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janma-arpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; tatpuruṣa: janmanaḥ arpaṇam (जन्मनः अर्पणम्)

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• prītiḥ: (his) pleasure/favor
• prītiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject, apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• sva-sāyujyam: his own sāyujya (union)
• sva-sāyujyam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva-sāyujya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: svasya sāyujyam (स्वस्य सायुज्यम्)

• dadāti: gives
• dadāti: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• tat-janma-naivedyam: that birth-offering (naivedya)
• tat-janma-naivedyam: Karma (कर्म/object in apposition to idam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad-janma-naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa chain: tasya janma (तस्य जन्म) + naivedya (नैवेद्य)

• śivasya: to/of Śiva
• śivasya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/recipient, genitive usage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात) 'only/indeed'

• pradāpayet: should offer/present
• pradāpayet: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा) with pra- + causative (णिच्)
• Form: Causative (णिजन्त), Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular; 'should cause to be given/should offer'

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-worship teachings to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Defines the salvific fruit of total self-offering: Śiva’s pleasure (prīti) culminating in sāyujya (union). This frames pilgrimage/temple worship as meaningful when it matures into ātma-samarpaṇa.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that the highest offering is self-surrender—dedicating one’s entire life to Shiva—through which Shiva’s grace grants sāyujya (intimate union/liberation in nearness to Shiva).

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

While external offerings (naivedya) are made to the Linga, this verse elevates the inner offering: offering one’s very self to Saguna Shiva worshiped as the Linga, which pleases Shiva most and draws His liberating grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform naivedya with the resolve of janmārpaṇa—mentally offering your life, actions, and identity to Shiva—ideally alongside japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as an act of sustained surrender.