Shloka 24

प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः

The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava

Devanagari script

श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं कर्म्म कुर्व्व न्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यति । इत्युक्तम्परमेशेन वेदमार्गप्रदर्शिना

Transliteration

śrutismṛtyuditaṃ karmma kurvva nsiddhimavāpsyati | ityuktamparameśena vedamārgapradarśinā

Translation

جو شروتی اور سمرتی میں مقرر کیے گئے اعمال بجا لاتا ہے، وہ روحانی کمال (سِدھی) پاتا ہے—یہ بات ویدک راہ دکھانے والے پرمیش (بھگوان شِو) نے فرمائی۔

Word by Word

• श्रुति-स्मृति-उदितम्: declared in the Śruti and Smṛti
• श्रुति-स्मृति-उदितम्: Karma (कर्म) as qualifier of object
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक) + उदित (कृदन्त, √वद्/√उद्?; here 'udita' as past passive participle from √वद्/√उद् in sense 'said/declared')
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1/2 विभक्ति), Singular (एकवचन); कृदन्त-विशेषण (past passive participle) qualifying 'कर्म'

• कर्म: duty/ritual action
• कर्म: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• कुर्वन्: doing/performing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (वर्तमानकृदन्त/शतृ), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agent-participle referring to implied 'he'

• सिद्धिम्: success/accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• अवाप्स्यति: will attain
• अवाप्स्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (लुट्, Periphrastic Future), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

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

• उक्तम्: was said
• उक्तम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); impersonal/passive: 'it was said'

• परमेशेन: by the Supreme Lord
• परमेशेन: Kartr̥-karaṇa (कर्ता-तृतीया; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• वेद-मार्ग-प्रदर्शिना: by the one who shows the Vedic path
• वेद-मार्ग-प्रदर्शिना: Kartr̥-karaṇa (कर्ता-तृतीया; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदर्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to 'परमेशेन'

Speaker

Lord Shiva (Parameśa), as quoted within Suta Goswami’s narration in the Kailasha Samhita context

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: śrutismṛtyuditaṃ karmma kurvvan siddhim avāpsyati

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It affirms that disciplined conduct aligned with Śruti and Smṛti purifies the soul (paśu) and becomes a means toward siddhi—qualified progress toward liberation—under Śiva’s guidance as Pati.

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

It frames Linga/Saguna-Śiva worship within the Vedic order: devotion and ritual are to be performed according to scriptural injunctions, so worship becomes a sanctifying, liberating practice rather than mere external action.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Follow scripturally taught Shiva-upāsanā as karma: daily purity disciplines, mantra-japa (especially Panchākṣarī—Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and prescribed pūjā/vrata performed with right intention and adherence to dharma.