Shloka 3

संन्यासाचारवर्णनम्

Description of the Conduct and Daily Discipline of Saṃnyāsa

Devanagari script

शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं द्विनेत्रं वरदाभये । दधानं शिवसद्भावमेवात्मनि मनोहरम्

Transliteration

śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ dvinetraṃ varadābhaye | dadhānaṃ śivasadbhāvamevātmani manoharam

Translation

He is radiant like pure crystal, two-eyed, bearing the gestures of boon-giving and fearlessness—charming to behold—who holds within His own Self the very essence of Śiva’s auspicious being.

Word by Word

• शुद्ध-स्फटिक-संकाशम्: resembling pure crystal
• शुद्ध-स्फटिक-संकाशम्: विशेषण (of गुरुं/शिवं implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + स्फटिक (प्रातिपदिक) + संकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुष-समासः (शुद्धस्फटिकस्य संकाशः)

• द्वि-नेत्रम्: two-eyed
• द्वि-नेत्रम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; द्विगु-समासः (द्वे नेत्रे यस्य)

• वरद-अभये: in the boon-giving and fear-not (gestures)
• वरद-अभये: अधिकरण (gesture-location/with respect to hands implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक) + अभय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, द्विवचनम्/द्वन्द्व-समासे द्विवचन-प्रयोगः; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (वरदं च अभयं च)

• दधानम्: bearing/holding
• दधानम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √धा (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्तः (present participle)

• शिव-सद्भावम्: Śiva-nature/true being of Śiva
• शिव-सद्भावम्: कर्म (object of दधानम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + सद्भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य सद्भावः)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle; emphasis/only)

• आत्मनि: in oneself
• आत्मनि: अधिकरण (location; within oneself)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• मनोहरम्: beautiful, captivating
• मनोहरम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents a dhyāna-lakṣaṇa (meditative icon) of Shiva: His crystal-like purity signifies stainless consciousness, while boon-giving and fearlessness indicate His grace that removes bondage (pāśa) and grants liberation to the soul (paśu) under the Lord (Pati).

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

Though Shiva is ultimately beyond form (nirguṇa), the Purana teaches saguna-dhyāna as a compassionate support for devotees; meditating on this auspicious form steadies the mind and culminates in realizing Shiva’s essence, the same reality indicated by the Liṅga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice śiva-dhyāna by visualizing Shiva as crystal-radiant with varada and abhaya mudrās while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya); this aligns devotion (bhakti) with inner stillness (yoga) and invites Shiva’s protective grace.