Shloka 42

Ṣaḍvidhārtha-Parijñāna: Praṇavārtha and the Sixfold Unity of Meaning (षड्विधार्थपरिज्ञानम् / प्रणवार्थपरिज्ञानम्)

Devanagari script

अहंकारस्तथा चक्षुः पादो रूपं च पावकः । अघोरव्रह्मणा व्याप्तमेतत्पंचकमंचितम्

Transliteration

ahaṃkārastathā cakṣuḥ pādo rūpaṃ ca pāvakaḥ | aghoravrahmaṇā vyāptametatpaṃcakamaṃcitam

Translation

Egoität (ahaṃkāra), Auge, Fuß, Gestalt und Feuer — diese erhabene Fünfergruppe ist ganz und gar von Aghora-Brahman, dem glückverheißenden, nicht furchterregenden Absoluten Śivas, durchdrungen.

Word by Word

• अहंकारः: ego-principle (ahaṃkāra)
• अहंकारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• चक्षुः: eye
• चक्षुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• पादः: foot
• पादः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• पावकः: fire
• पावकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• अघोर-व्रह्मणा: by Aghora-Brahman
• अघोर-व्रह्मणा: Karaṇa/Agent-in-passive (करण/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघोर + व्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); compound denotes ‘Aghora-Brahman’ (as a form/aspect)

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded
• व्याप्तम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप् (धातु) → व्याप्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative, Singular; agreeing with ‘एतत् पञ्चकम्’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun used adjectivally; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

• पञ्चकम्: group of five
• पञ्चकम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative, Singular (एकवचन)

• अञ्चितम्: adorned / marked
• अञ्चितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अञ्च् (धातु) → अञ्चित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative, Singular; qualifying ‘पञ्चकम्’ (sense: ‘marked/adorned’)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (teaching within the Kailāsa-saṃhitā discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Āghoramūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Durgā

Role: destructive

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that even the ego-sense, perception (eye), action/support (foot), appearance (form), and transformative power (fire) are not independent realities; they are permeated by Śiva as Aghora-Brahman, encouraging the seeker to see all experience as resting in the Lord.

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

Linga worship trains the mind to recognize Śiva as the inner ground of all names and forms; this verse supports that vision by declaring that the very faculties and elements through which we perceive the world are pervaded by Aghora-Brahman, the reality signified by the Linga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

During japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplate that the ego and the senses are suffused by Śiva; offer sight, movement, form-perception, and inner heat (agni) into the Lord as an internal pūjā (antar-yāga).