Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 65

पुष्पार्पण-विनिर्णयः

Determination of Flower-Offerings to Śiva

Devanagari script

इत्याद्यैर्विविधै मानं दृष्ट्वा कुर्याच्छिवार्चनम् । सर्वकामसमृध्यर्थं मुक्त्यर्थं कामनोज्झितः

Transliteration

ityādyairvividhai mānaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuryācchivārcanam | sarvakāmasamṛdhyarthaṃ muktyarthaṃ kāmanojjhitaḥ

Translation

เมื่อเข้าใจมาตรฐานและแบบแผนอันถูกต้องด้วยวิธีต่าง ๆ เช่นนี้แล้ว พึงประกอบศิวบูชาแด่พระศิวะ เพื่อความสำเร็จแห่งความมุ่งหมายอันชอบธรรมทั้งปวงและเพื่อโมกษะ โดยละตัณหาและความใคร่ปรารถนาเสีย

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• आद्यैः: by the like (means)
• आद्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ = beginning etc., here ‘आद्य’ = ‘and the like’

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण of ‘आद्यैः’

• मानम्: measure/standard (rule)
• मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen/considered
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having seen/considered’

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिव-अर्चनम्: worship of Śiva
• शिव-अर्चनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य अर्चनम्)

• सर्व-काम-समृद्धि-अर्थम्: for fulfilling all desires
• सर्व-काम-समृद्धि-अर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/प्रयोजन/कर्म-प्रवचन), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः, ‘for the purpose of the prosperity of all desires’

• मुक्ति-अर्थम्: for liberation
• मुक्ति-अर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुक्तेः अर्थम्)

• कामना-उज्झितः: one who has abandoned desires
• कामना-उज्झितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामना (प्रातिपदिक) + उज्झित (कृदन्त, त्यक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण ‘उज्झित’ (उज्झ्/हन्-त्यागे), षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कामनाया उज्झितः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a specific jyotirliṅga episode; the verse generalizes that correct ritual measure (māna) supports Śivārcana leading to both bhoga (samṛddhi) and mokṣa (mukti).

Significance: Frames Śiva-worship as yielding both worldly fulfilment (sarvakāma-samṛddhi) and the highest goal (mukti) when performed with desirelessness.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva-worship should be performed according to proper scriptural standards (māna) and with inner dispassion; when devotion is purified of craving, the same worship becomes a direct means to mukti.

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

Śiva-arcana here implies Saguna worship through form—commonly the Śiva-liṅga—done with correct procedure and reverence, while cultivating a Nirguṇa-oriented intent: offering actions without personal grasping, so worship becomes liberating.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Follow the prescribed method and measurements for Śiva-pūjā (offerings, order, purity), and pair it with a desireless attitude—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as an inner discipline supporting the outer arcana.