Shloka 16

संन्यासमण्डलविधिवर्णनम्

Sannyāsa Maṇḍala Vidhi—Procedure for the Renunciate Mandala

Devanagari script

आग्नेयकोष्ठमध्ये तु पीताभे चतुरस्रके । अष्टपत्रं लिखेत्पद्मं रक्ताभं पीतकर्णिकम्

Transliteration

āgneyakoṣṭhamadhye tu pītābhe caturasrake | aṣṭapatraṃ likhetpadmaṃ raktābhaṃ pītakarṇikam

Translation

In the Agneya (fire, southeastern) compartment, within a yellow-hued square, one should draw an eight-petalled lotus—reddish in colour, with a yellow karṇikā (pericarp) at its centre.

Word by Word

• आग्नेयकोष्ठमध्ये: in the middle of the southeast compartment
• आग्नेयकोष्ठमध्ये: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आग्नेय + कोष्ठ + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (‘in the middle of the āgneya compartment’)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• पीताभे: in the yellow-looking (one)
• पीताभे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत + आभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (‘yellow in appearance’), qualifying ‘चतुरस्रके’

• चतुरस्रके: in the square
• चतुरस्रके: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुरस्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘in the square (diagram)’

• अष्टपत्रम्: eight-petaled
• अष्टपत्रम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट + पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु (‘eight-petaled’) qualifying ‘पद्मम्’

• लिखेत्: should draw
• लिखेत्: क्रिया (Kriyā/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिख् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should draw/write’

• पद्मम्: lotus
• पद्मम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रक्ताभम्: red-looking
• रक्ताभम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त + आभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (‘red in appearance’), qualifying ‘पद्मम्’

• पीतकर्णिकम्: with a yellow center
• पीतकर्णिकम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत + कर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (‘having a yellow pericarp/center’), qualifying ‘पद्मम्’

Speaker

Lord Shiva (instructing on ritual/yantra visualization within the Kailasa Samhita discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Agni

FAQs

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

It encodes a sacred visualization: the ordered placement of colour, direction, and lotus-form disciplines the mind, making the inner worship fit to receive Shiva’s grace (Pati) and loosen bondage (pāśa) for the bound soul (paśu).

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

Such lotus-and-direction prescriptions commonly serve as the supporting yantric seat (āsana) for Saguna worship—preparing a consecrated inner/outer space in which the Linga or a form of Shiva is invoked and stabilized in meditation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A dhyāna/yantra practice: mentally or physically draw a yellow square in the Agni (southeast) section and inscribe an eight-petalled lotus with a yellow centre, then proceed with mantra-japa and offering as instructed in the surrounding rite.