Shloka 32

पुराणविदः महिमा तथा अध्ययन-अध्यापन-दानफलम्

The Glory of the Purāṇa-Knower and the Fruits of Study, Teaching, and Giving

Devanagari script

पुराणश्रवणं शम्भोर्नामसंकीर्तनं तथा । कल्पद्रुमफलं रम्यं मनुष्याणां न संशयः

Transliteration

purāṇaśravaṇaṃ śambhornāmasaṃkīrtanaṃ tathā | kalpadrumaphalaṃ ramyaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Việc nghe Purāṇa và cũng như ca tụng, xướng danh thánh của Śambhu ban cho con người quả ngọt êm đềm như trái của cây như ý (kalpadruma)—điều ấy không nghi ngờ.

Word by Word

• पुराण-श्रवणम्: hearing of the Purāṇa
• पुराण-श्रवणम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुराणस्य श्रवणम्)

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• नाम-संकीर्तनम्: chanting of the Name
• नाम-संकीर्तनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + संकीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नाम्नः संकीर्तनम्)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• कल्पद्रुम-फलम्: the fruit of the wish-fulfilling tree
• कल्पद्रुम-फलम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्पद्रुम (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कल्पद्रुमस्य फलम्)

• रम्यम्: delightful
• रम्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies फलम्)

• मनुष्याणाम्: for/of humans
• मनुष्याणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• न: no
• न: Pratiṣedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s teaching within the Umāsaṃhitā context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General phalaśruti: Purāṇa-śravaṇa and Śambhu-nāma-saṅkīrtana are likened to kalpavṛkṣa-fruit—granting desired ends culminating in mokṣa.

Significance: Frames nāma-saṅkīrtana and śravaṇa as universally portable pilgrimage (mānasa-tīrtha), accessible without complex ritual prerequisites.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: śambhor nāmasaṃkīrtanam

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares that two core bhakti-acts—śravaṇa (devotional listening) and nāma-saṅkīrtana (chanting Shiva’s Names)—yield a wish-fulfilling, grace-bestowing result, implying that Shiva’s anugraha (divine favor) is quickly accessed through devotion.

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

Nāma-saṅkīrtana and Purāṇa-śravaṇa are Saguna-oriented practices: they engage the mind with Śiva’s compassionate, name-and-form aspect (Śambhu), preparing the devotee for deeper contemplation of the Linga as the sacred presence through which grace is received.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular Purāṇa recitation/hearing and daily japa or kīrtana of Shiva’s Names—especially the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a steady devotional discipline.