Shloka 28

Sūtasya Punargamanaṃ Kāśyāṃ—Bhasma-Rudrākṣa-Tripuṇḍra-Vidhiśca

Sūta’s Return to Kāśī and the Observances of Bhasma, Rudrākṣa, and Tripuṇḍra

Devanagari script

समाधिमास्थाय सदा परमानंदचिद्धनः । परिपूर्णश्शिवोस्मीति निर्व्यग्रहृदयोऽभवम्

Transliteration

samādhimāsthāya sadā paramānaṃdaciddhanaḥ | paripūrṇaśśivosmīti nirvyagrahṛdayo'bhavam

Translation

Abiding always in samādhi, rich in the wealth of consciousness and supreme bliss, I became inwardly untroubled, realizing, “I am Shiva—whole and complete.”

Word by Word

• समाधिम्: samādhi
• समाधिम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आस्थाय: having entered
• आस्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—ल्यप् (absolutive), “having entered/undertaken”

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• परम-आनन्द-चित्-धनः: whose wealth is supreme bliss and consciousness
• परम-आनन्द-चित्-धनः: Visheshana (विशेषण/modifier of implied ‘अहम्/मुनिः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (प्रातिपदिक) + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्य धनं (स्वरूपसम्पत्तिः) परम-आनन्द-चित् सः

• परिपूर्णः: fully complete
• परिपूर्णः: Visheshana (विशेषण/predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Pratipadya (प्रातिपद्य/predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया/copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative)

• निर्व्यग्र-हृदयः: one whose heart is undistracted
• निर्व्यग्र-हृदयः: Visheshana (विशेषण/modifier of ‘अहम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्व्यग्र (प्रातिपदिक) + हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्य हृदयं निर्व्यग्रम् सः

• अभवम्: I became
• अभवम्: Kriya (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past/लङ्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: शिवोऽस्मि (śivo’smi)

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that steady samādhi culminates in direct Shiva-realization—an inner state of complete fullness where the heart becomes free from agitation and rests in consciousness and supreme bliss.

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

Linga and saguna worship purify attention and concentrate devotion; when the mind becomes one-pointed, that worship matures into samādhi, revealing Shiva as the all-pervading fullness behind the symbol and form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse points to sustained meditation leading to samādhi—supported in Shiva Purana practice by japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and traditional aids like bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrāksha to stabilize remembrance of Shiva.