Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा नमस्कृत्य स्वासने समवस्थितः । ऋष्यादिकं पुनः कृत्वा करं संशोध्य वारिणा

Transliteration

evamuktvā namaskṛtya svāsane samavasthitaḥ | ṛṣyādikaṃ punaḥ kṛtvā karaṃ saṃśodhya vāriṇā

Translation

Having spoken thus, he bowed in reverence and sat firmly upon his own seat. Then, performing again the preliminary rites beginning with the invocation of the seers, he purified his hands with water.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Avyaya (अव्यय/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Converb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाले (having done earlier)

• नमस्कृत्य: having saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Converb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस्-√कृ (धातु) + त्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव

• स्व-आसने: on his own seat
• स्व-आसने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य आसने)

• समवस्थितः: seated/standing properly; having taken position
• समवस्थितः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अव-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ऋषि-आदिकम्: the ṛṣi etc. (ancillary details)
• ऋषि-आदिकम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (ऋषिः आदिः यस्य तत्)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Avyaya (अव्यय/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Converb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• करम्: hand
• करम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• संशोध्य: having purified
• संशोध्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Converb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-शुध्/शुध् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having purified/cleansed’

• वारिणा: with water
• वारिणा: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

FAQs

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

It emphasizes that Shaiva practice begins with humility (namaskāra), steadiness (being properly seated), and inner–outer purity, preparing the practitioner to approach Pati (Shiva) with disciplined awareness rather than casual intention.

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

Before Linga-pūjā or any Saguna Shiva worship, one performs preparatory acts (ṛṣyādi-nyāsa and purification) so the body-mind becomes a fit instrument for mantra and offering, aligning the worshipper (paśu) toward Shiva (Pati).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to ācamanā/hand purification with water and the preliminary ‘ṛṣyādi’ rites (invoking seers and related nyāsa) as a standard preparation before mantra-japa or pūjā.