Shloka 25

न्यासवर्णनम् (Nyāsa-varṇanam) — Description of Nyāsa in the Saṃnyāsa Procedure

Devanagari script

प्रकाशशक्तिसहितं मार्तण्डं च ततः परम् । आवाहयामि नम इत्यावाह्या वाहनाख्यया

Transliteration

prakāśaśaktisahitaṃ mārtaṇḍaṃ ca tataḥ param | āvāhayāmi nama ityāvāhyā vāhanākhyayā

Translation

Then, together with his radiant Śakti, I invoke Mārtaṇḍa (the Sun) thereafter; saying, “I invoke you—namah (obeisance),” he should be duly invoked by the rite known as Vāhana (bringing near).

Word by Word

• prakāśa-śakti-sahitam: accompanied by the illuminating power
• prakāśa-śakti-sahitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prakāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक) + sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (agreeing with mārtaṇḍa), Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; samāsa: prakāśaśaktyā sahitaḥ = 'accompanied by the power of illumination'

• mārtaṇḍam: Mārtaṇḍa (the Sun)
• mārtaṇḍam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārtaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; sequence adverb

• param: next/afterwards
• param: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (accusative used adverbially); 'afterwards/next'

• āvāhayāmi: I invoke
• āvāhayāmi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√vah (वह् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, Present), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person/उत्तम), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: Avyaya; namaskāra-śabda (salutation particle), often governing dative implicitly

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• āvāhyā: (she who is) to be invoked / ‘Āvāhyā’
• āvāhyā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√vah (वह् धातु) → āvāhya (कृदन्त, यत्/ण्यत्)
• Form: Kṛtya (कृत्य) gerundive; Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; 'to be invoked/fit to be invoked' (as an epithet/name)

• vāhana-ākhyayā: by the name ‘Vāhanā’
• vāhana-ākhyayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāhana (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; samāsa: vāhanasya ākhyā = 'by the name (called) Vāhanā/Vāhana'

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: āvāhayāmi namaḥ

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Gaurī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Surya (Martanda)

FAQs

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

It teaches the disciplined step of āvāhana—invoking a divine principle—here the Sun with his radiance, as a supportive power within a Shaiva ritual sequence oriented toward right worship and inner clarity.

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

In Saguna worship, subsidiary deities and cosmic powers may be invoked in proper order as limbs of the rite; their radiance and functions are offered back into the Lord’s worship, helping the devotee steady the mind for Linga-upāsanā.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice āvāhana with a short mantra—“āvāhayāmi, namaḥ”—invoking the deity’s śakti (here, light/radiance) and mentally placing that luminosity in the worship-space and within the heart before continuing the puja.