Shloka 10

Garbha-sthiti, Deha-pariṇāma, and Vairāgya-upadeśa

Embryonic Condition, Bodily Transformation, and Instruction in Detachment

Devanagari script

पुनः प्रयांति संपूर्णास्ताश्च देहं समंततः । ततस्स नाडीमध्यस्थश्शरीरेणात्मना रसः

Transliteration

punaḥ prayāṃti saṃpūrṇāstāśca dehaṃ samaṃtataḥ | tatassa nāḍīmadhyasthaśśarīreṇātmanā rasaḥ

Translation

Wiederum, wenn sie völlig vollendet sind, breiten sie sich nach allen Seiten im ganzen Körper aus. Daraufhin durchdringt die Lebensessenz—die in der Mitte der feinen Kanäle (nāḍīs) weilt—den Leib als das Selbst (Ātman) und wird zum inneren Saft des verkörperten Lebens.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb

• प्रयान्ति: go forth; proceed
• प्रयान्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural; with preverb pra-

• सम्पूर्णाः: fully filled/complete
• सम्पूर्णाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sampūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agreeing with ‘tāḥ’ (nāḍyaḥ implied)

• ताः: those (nāḍīs)
• ताः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction (समुच्चय)

• देहम्: the body
• देहम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• समन्ततः: from all sides; all around
• समन्ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning ‘on all sides’

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: Avyaya (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), adverb ‘thereupon/from that’

• सः: he/that (rasa)
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• नाडी-मध्य-स्थः: situated in the middle of the nāḍīs
• नाडी-मध्य-स्थः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nāḍī + madhya + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः: नाडीमध्यस्थ (तत्पुरुष)

• शरीरेण: by/through the body
• शरीरेण: Karana (करण/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• आत्मना: by itself; by its own self
• आत्मना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; reflexive sense ‘by itself/through its own nature’

• रसः: the essence-fluid (rasa)
• रसः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Uma-saṃhitā teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It points to the Shaiva-yogic view that when inner energies mature and become balanced, the life-essence (rasa/prāṇa) stabilizes in the nāḍī-system and pervades the whole body, making the sādhaka fit for Shiva-realization (Pati-jñāna) beyond bondage (pāśa).

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

Linga-worship is paired with inner purification: as devotion and discipline refine the subtle channels, the practitioner’s embodied awareness becomes a proper vessel to meditate on Saguna Shiva in the Linga and gradually turn inward toward the supreme reality of Shiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is nāḍī-śuddhi (breath regulation) combined with japa of Shiva-mantra (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), supporting the harmonization of prāṇa so it can pervade the body steadily for meditation.