Shloka 34

Paramātma-Svarūpa-Nirṇaya: Strī–Puṃ–Napuṃsaka-Vicāra

Inquiry into the Supreme Self and Gendered Forms

Devanagari script

अतो मुने तमुद्दिश्य मुनयः क्षीणकल्मषाः । शिवे मनस्समाधाय प्राप्ताश्शिवमनामयम्

Transliteration

ato mune tamuddiśya munayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ | śive manassamādhāya prāptāśśivamanāmayam

Translation

Therefore, O sage, fixing their aim upon Him, those seers—whose impurities had been exhausted—collected their minds in samādhi upon Śiva and attained Śiva, the stainless, sorrowless state.

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थक (therefore/from that)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• उद्दिश्य: having directed (towards)/referring to
• उद्दिश्य: Sambandha (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√diś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), √दिश् (diś) with उद्-; 'having aimed at/with reference to'

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• क्षीण-कल्मषाः: with sins exhausted/purified
• क्षीण-कल्मषाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣīṇa (कृदन्त) + kalmaṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (whose sins are diminished)

• शिवे: in Śiva
• शिवे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• समाधाय: having concentrated (it)
• समाधाय: Sambandha (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), √धा (dhā) with सम्-आ-; 'having fixed/placed (concentrated)'

• प्राप्ताः: attained
• प्राप्ताः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु) → prāpta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि (having attained)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• अनामयम्: free from affliction
• अनामयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anāmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (free from disease/affliction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sages (Munis)

FAQs

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

It teaches that when impurities (kalmaṣa) are exhausted, the mind can rest in samādhi on Śiva, culminating in union with the sorrowless, stainless reality—Śiva as the supreme Pati who grants liberation.

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

The verse points to inner absorption in Śiva; in practice, devotees often begin with Saguna supports such as Liṅga-pūjā, mantra, and dhyāna, which steady the mind and mature into samādhi oriented to Śiva’s highest, affliction-free state.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is dhyāna leading to samādhi: purify conduct, concentrate the mind on Śiva—commonly supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and regular Śiva-pūjā with bhasma and rudrākṣa where appropriate.