Shloka 60

Devanagari script

पुनश्च संयतप्राणः कुर्याद्दृष्ट्यादिकं बुधः । शंकरं संस्मरंश्चित्ते संन्यसेच्च विमत्सरः

Transliteration

punaśca saṃyataprāṇaḥ kuryāddṛṣṭyādikaṃ budhaḥ | śaṃkaraṃ saṃsmaraṃścitte saṃnyasecca vimatsaraḥ

Translation

Again, having restrained the life-breath, the wise practitioner should perform the disciplines beginning with the steadiness of the gaze; remembering Śaṅkara within the mind, and free from envy, he should renounce all other supports and place himself wholly in Him.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• संयतप्राणः: with controlled breath
• संयतप्राणः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत (कृदन्त, सम्-√यम्) + प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘संयतः प्राणः यस्य’/‘restrained breath’

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: क्रिया (Action/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दृष्ट्यादिकम्: gazing and related practices
• दृष्ट्यादिकम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (प्रातिपदिक/प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘दृष्टिः आदिः यस्य तत्’ = ‘gazing etc.’ (a set beginning with dṛṣṭi)

• बुधः: the wise one
• बुधः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘wise person’

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• संस्मरन्: remembering
• संस्मरन्: कर्ता (Agent; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle) ‘संस्मरन्’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘remembering’ (concomitant action)

• चित्ते: in the mind
• चित्ते: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• संन्यसेत्: should place/perform (nyāsa)
• संन्यसेत्: क्रिया (Action/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-√अस्/√न्यस् (धातु; ‘to place/lay down’, nyāsa)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘should place/renounce/perform nyāsa’

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विमत्सरः: free from envy
• विमत्सरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञर्थक/वि-उपसर्गेण ‘free from envy’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s yogic teaching as preserved in the Kailasa Samhita)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that inner purification and liberation arise from disciplined yoga—breath-restraint and focused attention—joined with constant remembrance of Śiva, and supported by the ethical virtue of being free from envy.

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

It points to inward Saguna upāsanā: Śaṅkara is to be remembered and installed in the heart-mind as the chosen Lord, so that external supports (including other objects of attention) are gradually renounced and consciousness rests in Śiva alone.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A meditative sequence is implied: prāṇāyāma (restraint of prāṇa), steadiness of gaze/inner focus (dṛṣṭi-ādika), and dhyāna through continuous remembrance of Śaṅkara—practised with a non-envious, purified disposition.