Shloka 27

Śivapūjā-vidhi: Purifications, Sūrya–Graha Mantras, Nyāsa, and Bhūtaśuddhi leading to Śivoham-bhāva

Devanagari script

यत्किञ्चित्क्रियते कर्म सदा सुकृतदुष्कृतम् / तन्मे शिवपदस्थस्य रुद्र क्षपय शङ्कर

Transliteration

yatkiñcitkriyate karma sadā sukṛtaduṣkṛtam / tanme śivapadasthasya rudra kṣapaya śaṅkara

Translation

جو کچھ بھی عمل ہمیشہ کیا جاتا ہے—نیکی ہو یا بدی—اے رودر، اے شنکر! جب میں شیو کے مقام میں قائم ہوں، تو میرے لیے اس کرم کو مٹا دے، بھسم کر دے۔

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• किञ्चित्: anything, something
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किञ्चित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)

• क्रियते: is done
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• कर्म: action, deed
• कर्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Modifier (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• सुकृतदुष्कृतम्: good and bad (merit and demerit)
• सुकृतदुष्कृतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-कृत + दुष्-कृत (कृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास; विशेषण (good-and-bad done deeds)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• शिवपदस्थस्य: of one abiding in Shiva’s state/footing
• शिवपदस्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिवपद + स्थ (स्था धातु, क्त/क्तिन्-आधारित विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘शिवस्य पदे स्थित’ इति

• रुद्र: O Rudra
• रुद्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• क्षपय: destroy, wipe out
• क्षपय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच् (causative) रूप: क्षपय (cause to perish)

• शङ्कर: O Shankara
• शङ्कर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

A devotee (prayer addressed to Lord Śiva/Rudra within the Garuda Purana narrative)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: All karma—puṇya and pāpa—binds; by Rudra’s grace it can be ‘burned’ when one is established in Śiva-consciousness.

Vedantic Theme: Karma-kṣaya through jñāna/īśvara-anugraha; transcendence of doership while abiding in the higher state.

Application: Pair ethical living with confession-like prayer and meditative abidance; cultivate non-doership and seek purification rather than reward.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: recurring motif that both puṇya and pāpa condition rebirth; liberation requires transcendence of karmic residue (general thematic parallel).

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Shiva
• Shankara

FAQs

What is the importance of karma-destruction in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames liberation as freedom from both merit (sukṛta) and sin (duṣkṛta), praying to Rudra/Śaṅkara to exhaust all karmic residues that keep the soul bound.

How does this verse relate to the soul’s journey after death described in the Garuda Purana?

The Garuda Purana repeatedly links post-death experience to accumulated karma; this prayer seeks the burning away of that karma, implying release from karmically driven paths and outcomes.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a daily intention: act ethically, and also cultivate detachment from “credit and blame,” dedicating actions to the Divine while praying for inner purification and freedom from karmic bondage.