Shloka 22

गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः

Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa

Devanagari script

तत्त्वान्येतानि मद्देहे शुध्यन्तामित्यनुस्मरन् । तत्रात्मतत्त्वशुद्ध्यर्थं मन्त्रैरारुणकेतुकैः

Transliteration

tattvānyetāni maddehe śudhyantāmityanusmaran | tatrātmatattvaśuddhyarthaṃ mantrairāruṇaketukaiḥ

Translation

Remembering, “May these principles (tattvas) within my body be purified,” he then, for the sake of purifying the reality of the Self (ātma-tattva), employed mantras connected with the Aruṇa and Ketuka rites, so that the soul might be clarified and made fit for Śiva-realization.

Word by Word

• तत्त्वानि: principles (tattvas)
• तत्त्वानि: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun qualifying ‘तत्त्वानि’

• मत्-देहे: in my body
• मत्-देहे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध-प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (मम देहे = in my body)

• शुध्यन्ताम्: may (they) be purified
• शुध्यन्ताम्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुध्/√शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive usage), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘let them be purified’

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्यसूचक (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; quotation marker

• अनुस्मरन्: remembering (thus)
• अनुस्मरन्: कर्ता (Kartā/Agent, concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘remembering/reciting mentally’

• तत्र: there/in that context
• तत्र: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (locative adverb)

• आत्म-तत्त्व-शुद्धि-अर्थम्: for purifying the self-principle
• आत्म-तत्त्व-शुद्धि-अर्थम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose/Hetu)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (accusative used adverbially for purpose); समासः तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला (‘for the purpose of purification of the self-principle’)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; instrumental of means

• आरुण-केतुकैः: with the ‘Āruṇa-ketuka’ (reddish-sign) mantras
• आरुण-केतुकैः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier of instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आरुण (प्रातिपदिक) + केतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (‘having reddish banners/marks’; qualifying ‘मन्त्रैः’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s yogic-ritual purification teaching as preserved in the Kailasa Samhita)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents purification as an inner, tattva-level discipline: the embodied categories that bind the soul are to be cleansed through remembrance and mantra, culminating in ātma-tattva-śuddhi—fitness for the grace of Pati (Śiva) and liberation.

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

Even when worship is directed to Saguna Śiva (including Linga worship), the goal is inner readiness: mantra and recollection purify the tattvas so devotion becomes a vessel for Śiva’s anugraha (grace), leading beyond form toward realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practice of mantra-japa combined with sankalpa-like recollection—mentally affirming purification of the body’s tattvas—aimed specifically at ātma-tattva-śuddhi; it aligns with Shaiva yogic purification preceding deeper meditation on Śiva.