Shloka 31

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

Devanagari script

सोमं कुजं बुधं जीवं कविं मंदं तम स्तमः । समंततो यजेदेतान्पूर्वादिदलमध्यतः

Transliteration

somaṃ kujaṃ budhaṃ jīvaṃ kaviṃ maṃdaṃ tama stamaḥ | samaṃtato yajedetānpūrvādidalamadhyataḥ

Translation

One should worship Soma (the Moon), Kuja (Mars), Budha (Mercury), Jīva (Jupiter), Kavi (Venus), Manda (Saturn), and also Tamaḥ and Stamaḥ, arranging their worship all around—placing them in the center of the petals, beginning from the eastern petal.

Word by Word

• सोमम्: Moon (Soma)
• सोमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• कुजम्: Mars (Kuja)
• कुजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बुधम्: Mercury (Budha)
• बुधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जीवम्: Jupiter (Jīva/Bṛhaspati)
• जीवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कविम्: Venus (Kavi/Śukra)
• कविम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मन्दम्: Saturn (Manda/Śani)
• मन्दम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तमः: Tamas (Rāhu)
• तमः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अत्र ग्रहविशेष-नाम)

• स्तमः: Stamas (Ketu)
• स्तमः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अत्र ग्रहविशेष-नाम)

• समन्ततः: all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• यजेत्: should worship/sacrifice to
• यजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• एतान्: these (ones)
• एतान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (pronoun)

• पूर्व-आदि-दल-मध्यतः: from the middle of the petal beginning with the eastern (one)
• पूर्व-आदि-दल-मध्यतः: Apadāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + दल (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + तः (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: समास: पूर्वादिदलमध्य (तत्पुरुष), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasa Samhita teachings to the sages, conveying ritual instructions connected with Shiva-worship)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: somaṃ kujaṃ budhaṃ jīvaṃ kaviṃ maṃdaṃ tamaḥ stamaḥ

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Kuja
• Budha
• Jiva (Brihaspati)
• Kavi (Shukra)
• Manda (Shani)

FAQs

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

It teaches that karmic and cosmic influences (grahas and obscuring forces) are to be harmonized through ordered worship, ultimately subordinated to Shiva’s higher lordship (Pati), who alone grants clarity and liberation.

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

The verse functions as an ancillary rite: the grahas are placed and worshiped in a prescribed mandala/lotus arrangement as part of a larger Shiva-oriented worship, affirming Saguna Shiva as the center around which all cosmic powers are regulated.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A structured puja using a lotus-petal (dala) layout—starting from the eastern petal—placing and offering to the listed grahas (and the paired obscuring principles) around the central focus of Shiva worship, typically alongside mantra-japa and offerings.