Shloka 37

Devanagari script

शोकं जरां मृत्युबंधं ततो न स्पृशते नरः । तस्मिन्स्रातः शिवः साक्षादोंकारेश्वरसंज्ञितः ॥ ३७ ॥

Transliteration

śokaṃ jarāṃ mṛtyubaṃdhaṃ tato na spṛśate naraḥ | tasminsrātaḥ śivaḥ sākṣādoṃkāreśvarasaṃjñitaḥ || 37 ||

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นั้น ย่อมไม่ถูกต้องด้วยความโศก ความชรา และพันธะแห่งความตายอีกต่อไป เพราะ ณ ที่นั้น พระศิวะทรงปรากฏโดยตรง เป็นที่รู้จักในนาม ‘โอมกาเรศวร’.

Word by Word

• शोकम्: sorrow
• शोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• जराम्: old age
• जराम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• मृत्यु-बन्धम्: bondage of death
• मृत्यु-बन्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मृत्योः बन्धः)

• ततः: thereafter/therefrom
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-प्रभव-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'therefrom/thereafter')

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• स्पृशते: touches/affects
• स्पृशते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/water)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे 'having bathed'

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• साक्षात्: directly, in person
• साक्षात्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रत्यक्षार्थक (directly/in person)

• ॐकारेश्वर-संज्ञितः: named Oṃkāreśvara
• ॐकारेश्वर-संज्ञितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ॐकारेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ॐकारेश्वर-इति संज्ञा यस्य); 'संज्ञित' = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (√ज्ञा/ज्ञा+सम्)

Speaker

Suta (narrating the Narada Purana discourse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"bhakti","emotional_journey":"Moves from the negation of human afflictions (sorrow, aging, death-bondage) to calm assurance grounded in Śiva’s direct manifestation at the tīrtha."}

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Omkareshvara

FAQs

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

It declares the tīrtha-power of Omkāreśvara: bathing there is said to free one from grief, the decay of aging, and the mortal bondage that binds beings to repeated death.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

It centers devotion on direct divine presence—Śiva as Omkāreśvara—showing that reverent pilgrimage and sacred bathing, performed with faith, becomes a bhakti-act leading toward release from saṃsāra’s afflictions.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual practice is implied through tīrtha-snāna (sacred bathing) as a dharmic observance; it aligns with kalpa-style ritual discipline rather than technical topics like vyākaraṇa or jyotiṣa in this specific verse.