Shloka 43

Sadācāra–Varṇa-lakṣaṇa and Prātaḥkṛtya

Right Conduct, Social Typologies, and Morning Purification

Devanagari script

परस्मिन्योजयेज्जीवं जपतत्त्वमुदाहृतम् । शतद्विदशकं देहं शिखाष्टकसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

parasminyojayejjīvaṃ japatattvamudāhṛtam | śatadvidaśakaṃ dehaṃ śikhāṣṭakasamanvitam

Translation

Die Vereinigung des jīva (jīvātman) mit dem Höchsten (Para) — dies wird als das wahre Prinzip des japa verkündet. Der Körper wird als aus hundertzwanzig Bestandteilen bestehend gelehrt und als mit der achtfachen śikhā (acht Gipfeln) ausgestattet.

Word by Word

• परस्मिन्: in the Supreme (principle)
• परस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; स्थान-अर्थे (‘in the supreme/other’)

• योजयेत्: should unite/place
• योजयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु) [णिच्: योजय]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• जीवम्: the individual soul
• जीवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• जपतत्त्वम्: the principle of japa
• जपतत्त्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: japa-tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जपस्य तत्त्वम्)

• उदाहृतम्: is declared
• उदाहृतम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘is said/declared’

• शतद्विदशकम्: one hundred and twenty
• शतद्विदशकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śata-dvi-daśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (शतं च द्वे दशके = 120)

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• शिखाष्टकसमन्वितम्: endowed with the eight śikhās
• शिखाष्टकसमन्वितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śikhā-aṣṭaka + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (समन्वित); तत्पुरुषः (शिखाष्टकेन समन्वितम्)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the Vidyeśvara Saṃhitā teaching to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It defines japa not as mere repetition, but as an inner discipline whose goal is the yoking of the jīva to the Supreme Shiva (Para), aligning practice with liberation (moksha) in a Shaiva Siddhanta-oriented way.

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

In Vidyeśvara Saṃhitā, external worship (including Linga-pūjā) is supported by internalization: japa becomes effective when devotion to Saguna Shiva matures into inward union with the Supreme reality signified by the Linga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditative japa: repeat Shiva-mantra (classically the Pañcākṣarī) while steadily placing awareness of the jīva in the Supreme—using the body’s subtle structure as an aid to concentration rather than as a purely physical act.