Shloka 27

संन्यासाचारवर्णनम्

Description of the Conduct and Daily Discipline of Saṃnyāsa

Devanagari script

पंचीकरणमुच्चार्य भावयेत्स्वगुरुं बुधः । वक्ष्यमाणप्रकारेण प्राणायामान्षडाचरेत्

Transliteration

paṃcīkaraṇamuccārya bhāvayetsvaguruṃ budhaḥ | vakṣyamāṇaprakāreṇa prāṇāyāmānṣaḍācaret

Translation

بعد تلاوة البَنْچِيكَرَنَة (الترتيب الخماسي للمانترا)، على السالك الحكيم أن يتأمّل مُعلِّمه (الغورو) في قلبه. ثم وفق الطريقة التي ستُبيَّن، ليُمارس ستّ مرات من البراناياما (ضبط النفس وحبس النَّفَس).

Word by Word

• पञ्चीकरणम्: the pañcīkaraṇa (formula/doctrine)
• पञ्चीकरणम्: कर्म (Karma/Object of उच्चार्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चीकरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• उच्चार्य: having recited
• उच्चार्य: पूर्वकाल (पूर्वक्रिया/Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर् (धातु) + उत् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund): उत् + √चर् (उच्चारयति) → उच्चार्य; 'having uttered/recited'

• भावयेत्: should contemplate
• भावयेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु) (भावयति)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense 'should contemplate/visualize'

• स्व-गुरुम्: one's own guru
• स्व-गुरुम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): स्वस्य गुरुः → स्वगुरुः; object of भावयेत्

• बुधः: the wise (person)
• बुधः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'the wise person'

• वक्ष्यमाण-प्रकारेण: in the manner to be described
• वक्ष्यमाण-प्रकारेण: करण (Karaṇa/Instrumental)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वक्ष्यमाण (कृदन्त; √वच् + श्यत्, future passive participle) + प्रकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: वक्ष्यमाणः प्रकारः → वक्ष्यमाणप्रकारः; instrumental: 'by the manner to be stated'

• प्राणायामान्: breath-control practices
• प्राणायामान्: कर्म (Karma/Object of आचरेत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणायाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• षट्: six
• षट्: विशेषण (Qualifier of Karma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्द; here used as विशेषण of implied 'प्राणायामान्' (six)

• आचरेत्: should practice
• आचरेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailāsa-saṃhitā teachings to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Guru-bhāvanā and prāṇāyāma are inner-purificatory limbs that loosen pāśa (āṇava/kārma/māyīya mala in Siddhānta framing) and make the aspirant receptive to Śiva’s anugraha through mantra and worship.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: pañcīkaraṇa (as named in the verse; specific syllabic layout not quoted)

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents a Shaiva sādhanā sequence: mantra-first purification/installation (pañcīkaraṇa), then guru-dhyāna, and then disciplined prāṇāyāma—showing that liberation-oriented practice proceeds under the Guru’s grace and method, not mere technique.

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

By centering practice on mantra and guru-contemplation, it supports Saguna Shiva worship as a structured inner ritual: breath regulation stabilizes the mind so the devotee can steadily hold Shiva (often as Liṅga/Īśvara) in meditation and worship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Recite the pañcīkaraṇa, meditate on one’s Guru, and perform six rounds of prāṇāyāma in the prescribed manner—an internal discipline typically paired with Shaiva mantra-japa (such as the Pañcākṣarī) and dhyāna.