Shloka 14

Vāmadeva-mata: Rahasya-upadeśa

The Esoteric Teaching of Vāmadeva’s Doctrine

Devanagari script

पर्य्यटन्पृथिवीमेतां स्वपाद स्पर्शपुण्यतः । पवित्रयन्परे धाम्नि निमग्नहृदयोन्वहम्

Transliteration

paryyaṭanpṛthivīmetāṃ svapāda sparśapuṇyataḥ | pavitrayanpare dhāmni nimagnahṛdayonvaham

Translation

Wandering over this earth, he sanctified it by the meritorious touch of his own feet; and day by day his heart remained immersed in the supreme abode, absorbed in the highest reality of Śiva.

Word by Word

• पर्यटन्: wandering about
• पर्यटन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√aṭ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle, शतृ), प्रथमा एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग (agreeing with implied subject)

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• एताम्: this
• एताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) to पृथिवीम्

• स्व: own
• स्व: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग/समासपूर्वपद; ‘own’ (possessive)

• पाद: foot
• पाद: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• स्पर्श-पुण्यतः: due to the merit of (his) touch
• स्पर्श-पुण्यतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sparśa (प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (स्पर्शस्य पुण्यम्), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय ‘-तः’ (ablatival adverb)

• पवित्रयन्: purifying
• पवित्रयन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pū (धातु) [causative: पवित्रयति]
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle), प्रथमा एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• परे: in the supreme
• परे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण to धाम्नि

• धाम्नि: abode
• धाम्नि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• निमग्न-हृदयः: one whose heart is absorbed
• निमग्न-हृदयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nimagna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (‘निमग्नं हृदयम् यस्य’ इति बहुव्रीह्यर्थेऽपि प्रयोगः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अन्वहम्: day by day / every day
• अन्वहम्: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anu-aham (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Bhikṣāṭana

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that true sanctification is twofold: outwardly, the holy one purifies the world by his conduct; inwardly, he remains continually absorbed in the Supreme (Śiva), indicating liberation-oriented devotion and yogic steadiness.

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

The verse implies that contact with what is devoted to Śiva becomes purifying—just as worship of the Liṅga (Saguna support for devotion) purifies the mind and leads it toward absorption in the Supreme reality (Pati).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Daily remembrance and inner absorption (dhyāna/smaraṇa) of Śiva is suggested; as a practical Shaiva discipline, one may combine japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with steady contemplation to keep the heart “immersed” in the supreme abode.