Shloka 19

तपसो महिमा

The Greatness and Typology of Tapas

Devanagari script

संक्रातिविषुवद्योगो नादमुक्ते नियुज्यताम् । ध्यानं त्रिकालिकं ज्योतिरुन्मनीभावधारणा

Transliteration

saṃkrātiviṣuvadyogo nādamukte niyujyatām | dhyānaṃ trikālikaṃ jyotirunmanībhāvadhāraṇā

Translation

Es werde die Übung, die mit den heiligen Zeitknoten—Sonnenwenden/Tagundnachtgleichen und den Sonnenübergängen—verbunden ist, in der Praxis der Befreiung durch nāda (inneren Klang) angewandt. Die Meditation sei dreimal täglich zu vollziehen, indem man die Schau des inneren Lichtes und die feste Versenkung, unmanī-bhāva genannt, bewahrt.

Word by Word

• संक्रातिविषुवत्-योगः: the yoga at saṅkrānti and equinox
• संक्रातिविषुवत्-योगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्राति (प्रातिपदिक) + विषुवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (संक्रातौ विषुवति च/संक्राति-विषुवत्-समये योगः)

• नादमुक्ते: in/at liberation through nāda (sound)
• नादमुक्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नादमुक्ति = नाद (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नादस्य मुक्तिः)

• नियुज्यताम्: let it be applied/engaged
• नियुज्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√युज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be employed/appointed’

• ध्यानम्: meditation
• ध्यानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• त्रिकालिकम्: three-times-a-day
• त्रिकालिकम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिकालिक = त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक) + इक (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of ध्यानम्); समासः तत्पुरुषः (त्रिषु कालेषु भवम्)

• ज्योतिः: light, radiance
• ज्योतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• उन्मनीभावधारणा: concentration on the state of unmanī
• उन्मनीभावधारणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्मनीभावधारणा = उन्मनी (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक) + धारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (उन्मनी-भावस्य धारणा)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (as teacher within the Umāsaṃhitā’s philosophical-yogic discourse, narrated in the Purāṇic frame by Sūta)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not tied to a Jyotirliṅga legend; it prescribes yogic timing (saṅkrānti/viṣuva) and interior practice (nāda, jyotis) as a sādhana framework.

Significance: Reframes pilgrimage inward: aligning practice with cosmic junctions and daily tri-sandhyā meditation to mature inner steadiness and receptivity to grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Saṅkrānti and viṣuva (solar transitions and equinoctial/solstitial junctions) highlighted as auspicious temporal thresholds for intensified yoga.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches a Shaiva yogic method for liberation: aligning one’s discipline with sacred time-junctions and cultivating nāda (inner sound), trikāla meditation, and absorption in the inner Light that culminates in unmanī-bhāva—mind-transcending stillness oriented to Pati (Shiva).

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

While Linga worship is an outer support (saguna-upāsanā), this verse highlights the inner counterpart—meditating on Shiva as jyoti (radiant consciousness) and as the subtle nāda within, by which the devotee internalizes Linga-worship into direct contemplative realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice meditation three times daily (trikāla), especially at potent time-junctions like saṅkrānti and viṣuva, focusing on inner sound (nāda) and inner light (jyoti) with steady dhāraṇā until the mind settles into unmanī-bhāva.