Shloka 30

Śiva-Pūjākramaḥ — The Procedural Order of Shiva Worship

Pañcāvaraṇa & Upacāras

Devanagari script

सनकश्च सनन्दश्च सनातनमुनिस्ततः । सनत्सुजात इत्येते योगिवर्याः शिवप्रियाः

Transliteration

sanakaśca sanandaśca sanātanamunistataḥ | sanatsujāta ityete yogivaryāḥ śivapriyāḥ

Translation

Sanaka, Sanandana, then the sage Sanātana, and Sanatsujāta—these foremost among yogins are beloved of Lord Śiva.

Word by Word

• sanakaḥ: Sanaka
• sanakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• sanandaḥ: Sananda
• sanandaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sananda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• sanātana-muniḥ: the sage Sanātana
• sanātana-muniḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सनातनः मुनिः)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अनन्तर-बोधक अव्यय (adverb: ‘thereupon/then’)

• sanat-sujātaḥ: Sanatsujāta
• sanat-sujātaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanat (प्रातिपदिक) + sujāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सनत् सुजातः)

• iti: thus/so called
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; उक्तिसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• yogi-varyāḥ: the best of yogis
• yogi-varyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक) + varya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास (योगिनां वर्याः)

• śiva-priyāḥ: dear to Śiva
• śiva-priyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (शिवस्य प्रियाः); विशेषणं ‘ete/yogivaryāḥ’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sanaka
• Sanandana
• Sanatana
• Sanatsujata

FAQs

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

It honors the highest class of yogins—pure, detached sages—showing that true yoga culminates in devotion to Pati (Śiva), the liberator of the bound soul (paśu) from bondage (pāśa).

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

By calling these yogins “Śiva-priya,” the verse implies that even exalted jñāna and yoga become complete when oriented to Śiva as the personal Lord (Saguna Pati), commonly worshiped as the Śiva-liṅga in Purāṇic practice.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is steady yogic contemplation joined with Śiva-bhakti—practically expressed through daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and inner meditation on Śiva as the indwelling Lord.