Shloka 65

मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics

Devanagari script

प्रणवं द्वादशावृत्त्वा संजप्य प्रणमेत्ततः । दिग्विदिक्क्रमतो दद्याद्ब्रह्माद्यम्प्रणवेन च

Transliteration

praṇavaṃ dvādaśāvṛttvā saṃjapya praṇamettataḥ | digvidikkramato dadyādbrahmādyampraṇavena ca

Translation

بعد أن يكرّر البرَنافا (أوم Oṁ) اثنتي عشرة مرة ويؤدّي جَپاها على الوجه اللائق، فليسجد بعد ذلك. ثم يمضي على ترتيب الجهات والجهات الوسطى، ويقدّم القرابين إلى براهما وسائر الآلهة، مقرونةً بالبرَنافا.

Word by Word

• प्रणवम्: the praṇava (Oṃ)
• प्रणवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्वादश: twelve (times)
• द्वादश: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्याशब्द/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषणम्; ‘आवृत्त्या’ इत्यस्य संख्या-निर्देशः — numeral adjective indicating count (twelve)

• आवृत्त्वा: having repeated
• आवृत्त्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल — having repeated/turned (having done)

• संजप्य: having recited (softly)
• संजप्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्√जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल — having muttered/recited

• प्रणमेत्: should bow
• प्रणमेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√नम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-आधारित अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — indeclinable adverb ‘then/thereafter’

• दिक्: direction
• दिक्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular (as first member in compound)

• विदिक्: intermediate direction
• विदिक्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदिश्/विदिक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular (as first member in compound)

• क्रमतः: in sequence
• क्रमतः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) — ‘in order/stepwise’

• दद्यात्: should give/offer
• दद्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• ब्रह्माद्यम्: Brahmā and the others (the group beginning with Brahmā)
• ब्रह्माद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; समासः: ब्रह्म-आदि (brahmā etc.)

• प्रणवेन: with the praṇava (Oṃ)
• प्रणवेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction ‘and’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasa teachings as Shiva’s prescribed worship-method)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Directional offerings (dig-vidik) to Brahmā and other deities, preceded by praṇava-japa, ritually acknowledges the cosmic hierarchy under Īśāna; it also symbolically ‘orders’ the field of māyā (pāśa) that conceals, preparing for Śiva-centric worship.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: oṃ (praṇava)

Type: gayatri

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma

FAQs

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

It teaches that Praṇava-japa (Oṁ) followed by humble prostration purifies the worshipper and aligns awareness with Pati (Shiva), while ordered offerings cultivate reverence and inner discipline—key supports for grace (anugraha) in Shaiva practice.

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

In Linga/Saguna Shiva worship, Oṁ functions as the sanctifying seed that precedes and accompanies acts of devotion. The directional offerings establish a consecrated ritual space around the Linga, expressing that all quarters are pervaded by Shiva’s lordship even while worship is performed through a sacred form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Repeat Oṁ twelve times as japa, bow in devotion, then offer in sequence to the directions and inter-directions (dik/vidik), invoking Brahmā and other deities with Oṁ—an ordered, mantra-supported worship procedure.