Shloka 47

Sadācāra–Varṇa-lakṣaṇa and Prātaḥkṛtya

Right Conduct, Social Typologies, and Morning Purification

Devanagari script

आसप्ततेस्तु नियमं पश्चात्प्रव्राजनं चरेत् । प्रातर्द्वादशसाहस्रं प्रव्राजीप्रणवं जपेत्

Transliteration

āsaptatestu niyamaṃ paścātpravrājanaṃ caret | prātardvādaśasāhasraṃ pravrājīpraṇavaṃ japet

Translation

Bis zum siebzigsten Lebensjahr soll man die Gelübde und die Disziplin der Übung bewahren; danach soll man das Leben der Entsagung (Sannyāsa) antreten. An jedem Morgen soll der Entsagende die Praṇava „Oṁ“ in Japa zwölftausendmal wiederholen.

Word by Word

• आ: up to, until
• आ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/सीमा-निर्देशक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय; ‘आ’ = up to/till (limit-marker)

• सप्ततेः: of seventy (days)
• सप्ततेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of seventy’

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: None (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय; contrast/emphasis particle

• नियमम्: observance, rule, discipline
• नियमम्: Karma (कर्म/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• प्रव्राजनम्: going forth (renunciation/pravrajyā)
• प्रव्राजनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + व्रज् (धातु) → प्रव्राजन (प्रातिपदिक; भाव/कर्म-नाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘going forth/renunciation (act)’

• चरेत्: should practice/undertake
• चरेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• द्वादशसाहस्रम्: twelve thousand (times)
• द्वादशसाहस्रम्: Karma (कर्म/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound) = ‘twelve-thousand (count)’

• प्रव्राजीप्रणवम्: the praṇava (Oṃ) of the renunciant
• प्रव्राजीप्रणवम्: Karma (कर्म/जप्य-वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रव्राजी (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रव्राजिनः प्रणवः)

• जपेत्: should recite (mentally), should chant
• जपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: Oṃ

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents a Shaiva path of life: disciplined niyamas culminating in renunciation, where steady Praṇava-japa purifies the soul (paśu) and turns it toward Pati (Shiva) for liberation.

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

While Linga worship is a central Saguna practice, this verse emphasizes the inner worship that supports it—Praṇava-japa—leading the mind from outer ritual to direct contemplation of Shiva as the supreme reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Morning japa of the Praṇava (Oṁ), ideally undertaken with renunciate discipline—regulated conduct, purity, and concentrated repetition as a daily sadhana.