Shloka 23

Vāmadeva-mata: Rahasya-upadeśa

The Esoteric Teaching of Vāmadeva’s Doctrine

Devanagari script

वेदान्तार्थस्वरूपाय वेदान्तार्थविधायिने । वेदान्तार्थविदे नित्यं विदिताय नमोनमः

Transliteration

vedāntārthasvarūpāya vedāntārthavidhāyine | vedāntārthavide nityaṃ viditāya namonamaḥ

Translation

Salutations again and again to Him who is the very embodiment of the meaning of Vedānta; who establishes and reveals the meaning of Vedānta; who truly knows the meaning of Vedānta; and who is eternally known as the Supreme Lord.

Word by Word

• वेदान्त-अर्थ-स्वरूपाय: to him whose very nature is the meaning of Vedānta
• वेदान्त-अर्थ-स्वरूपाय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदान्त + अर्थ + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative; ‘whose nature is the meaning of Vedānta’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• वेदान्त-अर्थ-विधायिने: to the establisher of the meaning of Vedānta
• वेदान्त-अर्थ-विधायिने: सम्प्रदान (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदान्त + अर्थ + विधायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative; ‘one who establishes the meaning of Vedānta’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• वेदान्त-अर्थ-विदे: to the knower of the meaning of Vedānta
• वेदान्त-अर्थ-विदे: सम्प्रदान (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदान्त + अर्थ + विद् (प्रातिपदिक: विद्/विद्वस्-भाव)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative; ‘knower of the meaning of Vedānta’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: विशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययवत्)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb); अर्थः—‘always’

• विदिताय: to the known/renowned one
• विदिताय: सम्प्रदान (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदित (कृदन्त; √विद् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle/क्त) ‘known’, पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; स्तुत्यर्थे विशेषणवत्

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: सम्बोधन/समर्पण (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: निपातवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable interjection)

• नमः: salutation (again)
• नमः: सम्बोधन/समर्पण (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn of praise within the Kailasha Samhita discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: वेदान्तार्थस्वरूपाय वेदान्तार्थविधायिने । वेदान्तार्थविदे नित्यं विदिताय नमोनमः

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It identifies Shiva as Pati—the supreme consciousness who is both the essence of liberating knowledge (Vedānta) and the revealer of it, indicating that moksha arises through His grace and right understanding.

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

Though Vedānta points to the formless truth, the Shiva Purana upholds that the same reality is worshipped in accessible form as Shiva—especially through the Linga—so devotion and contemplation mature into direct realization of the Vedānta-meaning.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice steady japa of Shiva’s mantra (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with contemplation that Shiva is the inner teacher who reveals the highest meaning, supporting meditation aimed at liberation.