Shloka 20

Paramātma-Svarūpa-Nirṇaya: Strī–Puṃ–Napuṃsaka-Vicāra

Inquiry into the Supreme Self and Gendered Forms

Devanagari script

अनुमानप्रयोगस्याप्यवकाशो न विद्यते । पंचावयवयुक्तस्य स तु धूमस्य दर्शनात्

Transliteration

anumānaprayogasyāpyavakāśo na vidyate | paṃcāvayavayuktasya sa tu dhūmasya darśanāt

Translation

هنا لا يتاح حتى مجال لاستعمال الاستدلال (أنومانَا)، لأن مساره لا ينهض إلا عند إدراك الدخان، وفق القياس ذي الأعضاء الخمسة (pañcāvayava).

Word by Word

• अनुमान-प्रयोगस्य: of the application of inference
• अनुमान-प्रयोगस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुमान (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (अनुमानस्य प्रयोगः)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: सम्बन्ध (निपात/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अप्यर्थे ‘even/also’

• अवकाशः: scope; opportunity
• अवकाशः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (निषेध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• विद्यते: exists; is found
• विद्यते: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘exists/is found’

• पञ्च-अवयव-युक्तस्य: of that which is furnished with five members
• पञ्च-अवयव-युक्तस्य: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + अवयव (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (पञ्च अवयवाः यस्य/येन युक्तः)

• सः: that (it/he)
• सः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (निपात/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थे ‘but/indeed’

• धूमस्य: of smoke
• धूमस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from (the) seeing; due to perception
• दर्शनात्: अपादान (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that logical inference is not the highest means for realizing Shiva; liberating knowledge culminates in direct recognition/experience of Pati (Shiva), beyond merely constructing proofs.

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

Linga-worship trains the mind from conceptual knowledge to immediacy—devotion and contemplative presence make Shiva ‘known’ not as a conclusion of logic, but as the directly intuited Lord indicated by the Linga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Shift from debate to sādhanā: steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and dhyāna on Shiva so that knowledge becomes direct realization rather than inferential reasoning.