Shloka 10

मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics

Devanagari script

त्रिपदार्थपरिज्ञानं वेदान्तागमवाक्यजम् । श्रुत्वा गुरोर्मुखाद्योगमभ्यसेत्स यमादिकम्

Transliteration

tripadārthaparijñānaṃ vedāntāgamavākyajam | śrutvā gurormukhādyogamabhyasetsa yamādikam

Translation

Having heard from the Guru’s own mouth the knowledge of the three realities (tripadārtha), drawn from the utterances of Vedānta and the Āgamas, one should then practice Yoga, beginning with the disciplines of yama and the rest, so that the soul may be led toward the Lord (Pati) beyond bondage.

Word by Word

• tri-padārtha-parijñānam: knowledge of the three padārthas
• tri-padārtha-parijñānam: Karma (कर्म; object of 'śrutvā')
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + padārtha (प्रातिपदिक) + parijñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (padārthānāṃ parijñānam; tri-padārthānām = of three categories)

• vedānta-āgama-vākya-jam: arising from Vedānta and Āgama sentences
• vedānta-āgama-vākya-jam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vedānta (प्रातिपदिक) + āgama (प्रातिपदिक) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (vedānta-āgama-vākyebhyaḥ jātaṃ = born from Vedānta and Āgama statements); viśeṣaṇa of 'parijñānam'

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: ktvā-anta avyaya (absolutive/gerund): having heard

• guroḥ: of the guru
• guroḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana

• mukhāt: from (his) mouth
• mukhāt: Apādāna (अपादान; source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Pañcamī, Ekavacana

• yogam: yoga
• yogam: Karma (कर्म; object of 'abhyaset')
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• abhyaset: should practice
• abhyaset: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√as (धातु; √as ‘to practice/throw’ in sense ‘to exercise’)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्, optative), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; pronoun

• yama-ādikam: beginning with yama (etc.)
• yama-ādikam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (yamaḥ ādiḥ yasya = beginning with yama); viśeṣaṇa of 'yogam'

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s yogic teaching tradition to the sages, in the Kailasha Samhita’s philosophical discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that liberation-oriented practice must rest on right understanding of the three Shaiva realities—Pati (Shiva), Paśu (the individual soul), and Pāśa (bondage)—received through authentic scripture and living guru-instruction, and then stabilized through disciplined Yoga.

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

By grounding practice in Āgamic teaching, it supports Saguna Shiva worship (including Linga-upāsanā) as a structured path where devotion and ritual are joined to inner purification and yogic discipline under a guru.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to beginning Yoga with yama (ethical restraints) and continuing with the other limbs; in Shaiva practice this is commonly supported by daily Shiva worship, mantra-japa (such as the Panchakshara), and steady meditation guided by the guru.