Shloka 3

नन्दिकेश्वरावताराभिषेकविवाहवर्णनम्

Nandikeśvara: Incarnation, Consecration, and Marriage—Description

Devanagari script

रुद्रजाप्यमकार्षं वै परमध्यानमास्थितः । सरितश्चोत्तरे पुण्ये ह्येकचित्तः समाहितः

Transliteration

rudrajāpyamakārṣaṃ vai paramadhyānamāsthitaḥ | saritaścottare puṇye hyekacittaḥ samāhitaḥ

Translation

أدّى جَپَا (ترديدًا تعبديًا) لمانترا رودرا المقدّسة، ودخل أسمى مراتب التأمل. وعلى الضفة الشمالية الطاهرة للنهر، بذهنٍ موحَّدٍ في نقطة واحدة، أقام مستجمعًا كليًّا في السَّمادهي.

Word by Word

• रुद्र-जाप्यम्: Rudra-mantra recitation (japa)
• रुद्र-जाप्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• अकार्षम्: I performed
• अकार्षम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/लुङ्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘I did/performed’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• परम-ध्यानम्: supreme meditation
• परम-ध्यानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• आस्थितः: having undertaken
• आस्थितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle/कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘having resorted to/engaged in’

• सरितः: of the river
• सरितः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उत्तरे: in the northern (bank/region)
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘पुण्ये’)

• पुण्ये: in the sacred place
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; causal/emphatic)

• एक-चित्तः: single-minded
• एक-चित्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (to implied subject)

• समाहितः: composed, concentrated
• समाहितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘collected/absorbed’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Rudra

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: Kāśī/Viśvanātha is celebrated as the supreme kṣetra for japa and dhyāna where Śiva grants taraka-upadeśa; the verse’s emphasis on Rudra-japa and samādhi resonates with that salvific kṣetra-idea.

Significance: Japa and dhyāna leading to one-pointedness; seeking Śiva’s grace for liberation and fearlessness.

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents mantra-japa of Rudra as the doorway to paramadhyāna—where the mind becomes one-pointed and settles into samādhi, aligning the soul (paśu) toward Shiva (Pati) for liberation.

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

Rudra-japa is a Saguna practice (devotional focus on Shiva with name and mantra) that matures into inward absorption; such worship commonly begins with external supports (like Linga-pūjā) and culminates in steady inner dhyāna.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular Rudra-mantra japa followed by silent meditation (dhyāna), preferably in a pure place like a sacred riverbank, cultivating ekāgratā (one-pointedness) and deep composure (samāhita).