Shloka 33

Śiva-Pūjākramaḥ — The Procedural Order of Shiva Worship

Pañcāvaraṇa & Upacāras

Devanagari script

एतन्मण्डलमद्भुतं परशिवाधिष्ठान रूपं सदावेदान्तार्थविचारपूर्णमतिभिः पूज्यं यतीन्द्रैः परम् । वेदादिप्रविभागकल्पितमहाकाशादिनाप्यावृतन्त्वत्संतोषकरं तथास्तु जगतां श्रेयस्करं श्रीप्रदम्

Transliteration

etanmaṇḍalamadbhutaṃ paraśivādhiṣṭhāna rūpaṃ sadāvedāntārthavicārapūrṇamatibhiḥ pūjyaṃ yatīndraiḥ param | vedādipravibhāgakalpitamahākāśādināpyāvṛtantvatsaṃtoṣakaraṃ tathāstu jagatāṃ śreyaskaraṃ śrīpradam

Translation

هذا المَنْدَلا العجيب هو عينُ صورة الأَدْهِشْثَانَة، أي مَقعدُ استقرارِ باراماشيفا. وهو أسمى ما يُتعبَّد به لدى كبار اليَتِيّين، الذين تكتمل عقولهم دائمًا بتأمّل معاني الفيدانتا. ومع أنه مُحاطٌ بالحيّز الأعظم (مهاكاشا) وبسائر المقولات المتصوَّرة من تقسيمات الفيدا، فليكن حقًّا مُرضيًا لك؛ وليصرْ للعوالم سببَ خيرٍ أصيل، ومانحًا للبركة والازدهار.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• maṇḍalam: circle/mandala
• maṇḍalam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन)

• adbhutam: wonderful
• adbhutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन)

• para-śiva-adhiṣṭhāna-rūpam: having the form of Paraśiva’s seat/support
• para-śiva-adhiṣṭhāna-rūpam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + adhiṣṭhāna (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुष: 'परशिवस्य अधिष्ठानम्' इति, तस्य 'रूपम्'

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• vedānta-artha-vicāra-pūrṇa-matibhiḥ: by those whose intellect is filled with inquiry into Vedānta’s meaning
• vedānta-artha-vicāra-pūrṇa-matibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vedānta (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक) + vicāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine? (मति-शब्दः स्त्रीलिङ्गः), Instrumental (तृतीया 3), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः: वेदान्तस्य अर्थः, तस्य विचारः, तेन पूर्णा मतिः येषाम् (अन्तिमपद 'मति' स्त्री)

• pūjyam: worthy of worship
• pūjyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pūj पूज्)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन); gerundive/ya-pratyaya (तव्यत्/यत्-अर्थे) ‘to be worshipped’

• yatīndraiḥ: by the best of ascetics
• yatīndraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yatīndra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया 3), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: यतीनां इन्द्राः

• param: supreme
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन)

• veda-ādi-pravibhāga-kalpita-mahā-ākāśa-ādinā: by the great ether etc. conceived through the divisions of the Vedas and so on
• veda-ādi-pravibhāga-kalpita-mahā-ākāśa-ādinā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + pravibhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + kalpita (कृदन्त; √kḷp कल्प्) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया 3), Singular (एकवचन); समास-समूहः: वेदादीनां प्रविभागः, तेन कल्पितम् महदाकाशम् आदि यस्य (आकाशादि) — तेन

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात-अव्यय)

• āvṛtam: covered/enveloped
• āvṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-vṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vṛ वृ ‘to cover’ with ā-)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन); past passive participle (क्त)

• tvat-saṃtoṣa-karam: causing your satisfaction
• tvat-saṃtoṣa-karam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvat (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + saṃtoṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: तव सन्तोषः, तं करोति

• tathā: thus/so
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as अस् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative/benedictive sense (लोट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); ‘let it be’

• jagatām: of the worlds/of beings
• jagatām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी 6), Plural (बहुवचन)

• śreyas-karam: bringing welfare
• śreyas-karam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreyas (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: श्रेयः करोति

• śrī-pradam: bestowing prosperity
• śrī-pradam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा 1), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: श्रीं प्रददाति

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasa Samhita discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Implied cosmological enclosure: mahākāśa and tattva-categories ‘cover’ the maṇḍala—an allusion to the veiling structure of manifested principles.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parashiva

FAQs

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

It praises a sacred maṇḍala as Paramaśiva’s adhiṣṭhāna (abiding seat), indicating that contemplative worship joined with right inquiry (vicāra) leads to śreyas—liberating good—by turning the mind toward Pati (Shiva) beyond limiting categories.

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

A maṇḍala functions like a sanctified support (ālambana) for devotion and meditation—akin to the Śiva-liṅga—through which the worshipper approaches Saguna worship while recognizing the ground as Paramaśiva, the transcendent reality behind all forms.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on the maṇḍala as Shiva’s adhiṣṭhāna, offer mental worship (mānasa-pūjā) with mantra-japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and conclude with a prayer that the worship be pleasing to Shiva and bring śreyas to all beings.