Shloka 45

शिवध्यानपूजनवर्णनम्

Description of Śiva Meditation and Worship

Devanagari script

वेदसारञ्च विद्वद्भिरगोचरमिति श्रुतम् । आविर्मध्यान्तरहितं भेषजं भवरोगिणाम्

Transliteration

vedasārañca vidvadbhiragocaramiti śrutam | āvirmadhyāntarahitaṃ bheṣajaṃ bhavarogiṇām

Translation

It is heard from the learned that He is the very essence of the Vedas, yet beyond the reach of ordinary cognition. He is manifest—yet without middle or end—and He is the medicine for those afflicted by the disease of worldly becoming (saṃsāra).

Word by Word

• वेदसारम्: the essence of the Vedas
• वेदसारम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + सार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘essence of the Veda’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/अव्यय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विद्वद्भिः: by the learned
• विद्वद्भिः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• अगोचरम्: beyond perception
• अगोचरम्: विशेषण (Adjectival to object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-गोचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to वेदसारम्)

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध/अव्यय (Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• श्रुतम्: is heard; is known (as tradition)
• श्रुतम्: भाव (Impersonal predicate/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोगः—‘(it is) heard/known’ (impersonal passive sense)

• आविः: manifest; clearly
• आविः: विशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आविः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); अर्थः—‘manifestly/clearly’

• मध्य-अन्तर-हितम्: without a middle or interval; uninterrupted
• मध्य-अन्तर-हितम्: विशेषण (Adjectival to object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्य + अन्तर + हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative; ‘having middle/interval absent’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to भेषजम्)

• भेषजम्: medicine; remedy
• भेषजम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• भवरोगिणाम्: of those sick with the disease of saṃsāra
• भवरोगिणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव + रोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘those afflicted with worldly-existence disease’), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailāsa Saṃhitā teaching to the sages, with the verse praising Lord Śiva’s transcendent nature)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Śiva as both transcendent (agocara—beyond sensory-mind grasp) and immanent (āviḥ—manifest), and declares that knowledge and refuge in Him cure the core affliction of saṃsāra, the repeated cycle of becoming.

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

Though Śiva’s highest reality is beyond perception, the tradition affirms His compassionate manifestation for devotees—classically approached through Saguna worship such as Śiva-liṅga pūjā—so the seeker can move from form-based devotion toward realization of the formless essence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as the Veda-essence and the healer of saṃsāra while doing japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) alongside simple Śiva-liṅga worship (water/abhisheka), cultivating surrender and inner detachment from bhava.