Shloka 17

Śivakṣetra–Tīrtha–Māhātmya

The Salvific Function of Shiva’s Sacred Domains

Devanagari script

तत्रैव सुप्रजायंते ब्रह्मलोकच्युतास्तथा । सरस्वती च पंपा च कन्याश्वेतनदी शुभा

Transliteration

tatraiva suprajāyaṃte brahmalokacyutāstathā | sarasvatī ca paṃpā ca kanyāśvetanadī śubhā

Translation

ณที่นั้นเอง ผู้ที่ตกจากพรหมโลกย่อมได้เกิดใหม่อย่างเป็นมงคลยิ่ง และ ณ ที่นั้นยังปรากฏสายน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์—สรัสวตี ปัมปา และกัญญา-เศวตนทีอันเป็นมงคล

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थक (emphatic)

• सु-प्रजायन्ते: are born well / arise auspiciously
• सु-प्रजायन्ते: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√जन् (धातु) + सु- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• ब्रह्म-लोक-च्युताः: fallen from Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्म-लोक-च्युताः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + च्युत (कृदन्त; √च्यु 'to fall')
• Form: बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'ब्रह्मलोकात् च्युताः' (ablative sense in compound)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī (river)
• सरस्वती: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पम्पा: Pampā (river)
• पम्पा: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पम्पा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कन्या-श्वेत-नदी: Kanyāśvetanadī (a river)
• कन्या-श्वेत-नदी: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-समासार्थः: 'कन्याया: श्वेता नदी' / 'कन्याश्वेता नाम नदी'

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The verse links sacred geography with rebirth: beings fallen from Brahmaloka take auspicious birth ‘there itself,’ and additional rivers (Sarasvatī, Pampā, Kanyā-Śvetanadī) are said to arise. This frames tīrtha-land as a womb of renewed dharmic opportunity.

Significance: Even high celestial merit can be exhausted (cyuti from Brahmaloka); tīrtha-kṣetra provides a ‘fortunate re-entry’ into embodied life conducive to further sādhana toward liberation.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvati
• Pampa
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that proximity to Shiva’s sacred region and its tīrthas can transform even a fall from higher worlds into an auspicious rebirth, emphasizing Shiva’s grace working through holy places and purifying waters.

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

By highlighting tīrthas that arise in Shiva’s sanctified domain, the verse supports Saguna Shiva worship through pilgrimage, snāna, and reverence to Shiva’s manifested presence in places connected with the Linga and his kṣetras.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is tīrtha-snāna (ritual bathing) with remembrance of Shiva and japa of the Panchākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a purificatory act aligned with Shaiva devotion.