Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 76

गणेशाभिषेक-वरदान-विधानम् | Gaṇeśa’s Consecration, Boons, and Prescribed Worship

Devanagari script

अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं निर्धनो लभते धनम् । भायार्थी लभते भार्यां प्रजार्थी लभते प्रजाम्

Transliteration

aputro labhate putraṃ nirdhano labhate dhanam | bhāyārthī labhate bhāryāṃ prajārthī labhate prajām

Translation

ผู้ไร้บุตรย่อมได้บุตร ผู้ยากไร้ย่อมได้ทรัพย์ ผู้ปรารถนาคู่ครองย่อมได้ภรรยา และผู้ปรารถนาวงศ์วานย่อมได้บุตรหลาน—นี่คือผลแห่งภักติแด่พระศิวะ

Word by Word

• अपुत्रः: a sonless man
• अपुत्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ (नञ्) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-पूर्वपद (privative), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• निर्धनः: a poor man
• निर्धनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘without wealth’ (adjectival noun)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भार्यार्थी: one desiring a wife
• भार्यार्थी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (object-determinative) ‘भार्यां अर्थयते/इच्छति’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• भार्याम्: a wife
• भार्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रजार्थी: one desiring offspring
• प्रजार्थी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (object-determinative) ‘प्रजां अर्थयते/इच्छति’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• प्रजाम्: offspring
• प्रजाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the phalaśruti to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Phalaśruti promises worldly fulfillments (putra, dhana, dāra, prajā). In Siddhānta framing, such boons are secondary fruits of devotion; the higher fruit is gradual loosening of pāśa through Śiva’s grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that sincere Śiva-bhakti brings both laukika (worldly) welfare—family, prosperity, marriage—and, by implication, steadies the devotee for higher pursuit, since Śiva as Pati can loosen pāśa (bondage) through grace.

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

The verse functions as a phalaśruti for Saguna-Śiva worship—approaching Śiva through the Liṅga and prescribed observances—showing that the compassionate Lord responds to concrete human needs while drawing the devotee toward deeper devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Undertake Śiva-vrata with regular Liṅga-pūjā and japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”); maintain purity and devotion—these are the standard Shaiva means implied in such phalaśrutis.