Shloka 41

रुद्राक्ष-माहात्म्य

Rudrākṣa Māhātmya — The Greatness of Rudraksha

Devanagari script

अघोरबीजमंत्रेण करयोर्धारयेत्सुधीः । पंचदशाक्षग्रथितां वामदेवेन चोदरे

Transliteration

aghorabījamaṃtreṇa karayordhārayetsudhīḥ | paṃcadaśākṣagrathitāṃ vāmadevena codare

Translation

على السالك الحكيم أن يقدّس ويثبت قوة المانترا على كلتا اليدين بمانترا البِيجا لأغورا؛ وعلى البطن يضع المانترا المنسوجة من خمس عشرة مقطعًا، بمانترا «فاماديفا».

Word by Word

• aghora-bīja-mantrena: with the Aghora seed-mantra
• aghora-bīja-mantrena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aghora + bīja + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); बहु-तत्पुरुष (aghora-bījasya mantraḥ)

• karayoḥ: on the two hands
• karayoḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative/Genitive Dual (7th/6th द्विवचन); here Locative sense (सप्तमी-अर्थे) “on the two hands”

• dhārayet: should wear/hold/place
• dhārayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• su-dhīḥ: the wise person
• su-dhīḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su + dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय “good/intelligent-minded”

• paṃcadaśa-akṣa-grathitām: (a rosary) strung with fifteen beads
• paṃcadaśa-akṣa-grathitām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṃcadaśa + akṣa + grathita (कृदन्त)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); past participle (क्त) from √grath ‘to string’; compound: “strung with fifteen beads/syllables” (paṃcadaśānām akṣāṇām grathitā)

• vāmadevena: with (the mantra) Vāmadeva
• vāmadevena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāmadeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• udare: on the belly/abdomen
• udare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Aghoramūrti

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: Aghora-bīja-mantra (explicitly referenced; exact bīja not quoted in the verse). Vāmadeva-mantra with a ‘fifteen-syllabled’ formulation (pañcadaśākṣa-grathitā) is referenced but not fully quoted.

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches mantra-nyāsa—sanctifying the body as a fit vessel for Śiva’s presence—so worship becomes inward (antaryāga) as well as outward, aligning the practitioner with Śiva’s protective and purifying power.

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

Nyāsa prepares the worshipper to approach the Śiva-liṅga with purity and steadiness; by invoking Aghora and Vāmadeva aspects, the devotee honors Saguna Śiva’s compassionate, protective forms while aiming toward inner realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform kara-nyāsa (placing mantra on the hands) with the Aghora bīja, and aṅga/udara-nyāsa (placing mantra on the abdomen) with a fifteen-syllabled formulation linked with Vāmadeva—done as part of Śiva-pūjā and japa preparation.