Shloka 65

Umāyāḥ Kriyāyoga-Rahasya

The Esoteric Teaching on Umā’s Kriyāyoga

Devanagari script

नानामणिगणाकीर्णं पुष्पमालाविराजितम् । एवं रथं कल्पयित्वा तस्मिन्त्संस्थापयेच्छिवाम्

Transliteration

nānāmaṇigaṇākīrṇaṃ puṣpamālāvirājitam | evaṃ rathaṃ kalpayitvā tasmintsaṃsthāpayecchivām

Translation

Nachdem man so einen Wagen bereitet hat—übersät mit Gruppen vieler Arten von Edelsteinen und geschmückt mit Blumengirlanden—soll man darauf Śivā (die Göttin Umā) thronend einsetzen.

Word by Word

• नाना-मणि-गण-आकीर्णम्: filled with various groups of gems
• नाना-मणि-गण-आकीर्णम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + मणि (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक) + आकीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नानाविधैः मणिगणैः आकीर्णम्)

• पुष्प-माला-विराजितम्: adorned with garlands of flowers
• पुष्प-माला-विराजितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक) + विराजित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पुष्पमालया विराजितम्)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb) ‘thus/in this way’

• रथम्: the chariot
• रथम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• कल्पयित्वा: having prepared
• कल्पयित्वा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कॢप्/कल्प् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) with इत्वा; ‘having arranged/prepared’

• तस्मिन्: in that (chariot)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• संस्थापयेत्: should install/place
• संस्थापयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) ‘should cause to be placed/should install’

• शिवाम्: Śivā (the Goddess)
• शिवाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches that loving, orderly preparation (kalpanā) and reverent installation (saṃsthāpanā) of the Divine Mother is a valid bhakti-path: the devotee externalizes inner devotion by creating beauty and then offering the seat of honor to Śivā.

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

This is explicitly saguna-upāsanā: the Goddess is worshiped through a visible, installed presence. In Shaiva tradition, such worship complements Linga devotion—Śiva and Śivā are honored as inseparable, and ritual installation trains the mind toward steady contemplation of the Divine.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to prepare a sanctified seat/vehicle with purity and beauty, then perform saṃsthāpanā (installation) with mantra and offerings; mentally, one should ‘enthrone’ the Goddess in the heart with focused devotion and steadiness.