Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यथा स्वयं तथा ते च चत्वारो मुंडिनः शुभाः । नमस्कृत्य स्थितास्तत्र हरये परमात्मने

Transliteration

yathā svayaṃ tathā te ca catvāro muṃḍinaḥ śubhāḥ | namaskṛtya sthitāstatra haraye paramātmane

Translation

Just as he himself did, so too those four auspicious shaven-headed ones bowed in reverence and stood there before Hari, the Supreme Self.

Word by Word

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparison/manner)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reflexive adverb)

• तथा: so/likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catvāraḥ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (numeral adjective)

• मुंडिनः: Muṇḍins (shaven-headed ones)
• मुंडिनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muṃḍin (मुण्डिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शुभाः: auspicious/good
• शुभाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (विशेषण)

• नमस्कृत्य: having bowed/saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: namas+√kṛ (कृ धातु) + ल्यप् (ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-रूप कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having saluted’

• स्थिताः: stood/remained
• स्थिताः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• हरये: for/to Hari
• हरये: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• परमात्मने: to the Supreme Self
• परमात्मने: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (परमः आत्मा)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu (Hari)

FAQs

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

The verse highlights the Shaiva ethic of humility: true sanctity is shown by namaskāra (reverent surrender) before the Paramātmā. Such reverence dissolves ego and aligns the devotee toward mokṣa through bhakti and right inner disposition.

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

Though Hari is named, the Purāṇic intent supports harmony of saguna worship: honoring the Supreme as present in revered forms. In Shaiva Siddhānta, devotion to the Supreme Lord is expressed through respectful worship and recognition of divinity, which culminates in Shiva-realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice namaskāra with mindful remembrance of the Paramātmā—begin japa (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) after prostration, keeping the body steady (sthita) and the mind reverent; this is a simple daily bhakti-sādhana.