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Shloka 35

अद्वैतशैवसिद्धान्ते पुरुष-प्रकृति-विचारः

Puruṣa–Prakṛti Analysis in Advaita Śaiva Doctrine

अष्टत्रिंशत्कलान्याससामर्थ्याद्वैतभावना । सदाशिवोऽहमेवेति भावि तात्मा गुरुः शिवः

aṣṭatriṃśatkalānyāsasāmarthyādvaitabhāvanā | sadāśivo'hameveti bhāvi tātmā guruḥ śivaḥ

By the power gained through the nyāsa of the thirty-eight kalās, there arises the contemplation of non-duality: “I am none other than Sadāśiva.” Such is the inward realization; the Guru is Śiva Himself.

aṣṭa-triṃśat-kalā-nyāsa-sāmarthyātfrom the efficacy of the nyāsa of the thirty-eight kalās
aṣṭa-triṃśat-kalā-nyāsa-sāmarthyāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootaṣṭa-triṃśat + kalā + nyāsa + sāmarthya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: (अष्टत्रिंशत्कलान्यासस्य) सामर्थ्यात् = "from the power/capacity of placing (nyāsa) the thirty-eight kalās"
advaita-bhāvanānon-dual contemplation
advaita-bhāvanā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootadvaita + bhāvanā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: अद्वैतस्य भावना = "non-dual contemplation"
sadāśivaḥSadāśiva
sadāśivaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsadāśiva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; 1st person pronoun
evaindeed/alone
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis/restriction)
itithus
iti:
Vacanaprayojaka (वचनप्रयोजक/Quotative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, इति-शब्द (quotative particle)
bhāvibecoming/that is to be realized
bhāvi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formकृदन्त, शतृ/इन्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (present/future-oriented adjectival): "becoming/that which is to be"; प्रथमा, एकवचन (contextual)
tātmāthat very Self
tātmā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: तस्य आत्मा = "its/that (very) self"
guruḥthe Guru
guruḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootguru (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; "teacher"
śivaḥŚiva
śivaḥ:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootśiva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; "Śiva"

Lord Shiva (teaching the nature of realization and the Guru principle)

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Role: liberating

S
Shiva
S
Sadashiva
G
Guru

FAQs

It teaches that disciplined mantra-nyāsa awakens an inner certainty that one’s true identity is grounded in Sadāśiva, and that the authentic Guru-principle guiding this realization is Śiva Himself.

Nyāsa and worship begin with Saguna supports (Linga, mantra, ritual placement on the body), and mature into inner realization—seeing Śiva as the indwelling Guru and the ultimate reality indicated by those forms.

It points to kalā-nyāsa (mantra/energy installation) followed by steady advaita-bhāvanā—meditative assimilation of “Sadāśivo’ham”—under the guidance of a Śaiva Guru and with proper mantra-discipline.