Shloka 28

संध्याचरित्रवर्णनम् (Sandhyā-caritra-varṇana) — “Account of Sandhyā’s Story”

Devanagari script

करिष्यारम्यस्य पापस्य प्रायश्चित्तमहं स्वयम् । आत्मानमग्नौ होष्यामि वेदमार्गानुसारत

Transliteration

kariṣyāramyasya pāpasya prāyaścittamahaṃ svayam | ātmānamagnau hoṣyāmi vedamārgānusārata

Translation

“For the sin I am about to commit, I myself shall be the expiation. Following the path enjoined by the Vedas, I shall offer my own self into the sacred fire.”

Word by Word

• करिष्ये: I shall do
• करिष्ये: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• अम्यस्य: of this (unclear reading)
• अम्यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (text uncertain)

• पापस्य: of the sin
• पापस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: expiation
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्वयम्: myself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आत्मार्थ-निपात (emphatic: oneself)

• आत्मानम्: myself (the self)
• आत्मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• अग्नौ: in the fire
• अग्नौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• होष्यामि: I shall offer (as oblation)
• होष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; causative sense intended ‘offer’

• वेदमार्गानुसारतः: according to the Vedic path
• वेदमार्गानुसारतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुसारतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb ‘according to’); समास: वेदमार्ग (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + अनुसारतः

Speaker

Sati (Parvati in her incarnation as Sati)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Sati
• Agni
• Veda

FAQs

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

Sati declares radical accountability: she will not externalize blame but accepts that inner impurity must be purified through conscious expiation. In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, this points to cleansing mala (impurity) through sincere resolve and self-surrender, not mere social justification.

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

Though the verse speaks in Vedic-sacrificial language, its inner meaning aligns with Saguna Shiva devotion: offering the ego and limited self into the ‘fire’ of Shiva-consciousness. Linga worship similarly symbolizes dissolving individuality into the presence of Pati (Shiva), the Lord who grants purification and grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is inner homa: mentally offer one’s pride, anger, and guilt into the purifying fire of mantra and devotion—especially through japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and sincere prāyaścitta like fasting, prayer, and restraint, performed with humility.