Shloka 54

त्रिपुरदीक्षाविधानम् — Tripura Dīkṣā: Prescriptive Procedure

Chapter on the Ordinance of Initiation

Devanagari script

तद्रूपं च तदा दृष्ट्वा मोहितो मायया तथा । उवाच वचनं तस्मै नमस्कृत्य महात्मने

Transliteration

tadrūpaṃ ca tadā dṛṣṭvā mohito māyayā tathā | uvāca vacanaṃ tasmai namaskṛtya mahātmane

Translation

Seeing that very form then, he was deluded by Māyā. Bowing in reverence to that great-souled one, he spoke words to him.

Word by Word

• तत्-रूपम्: that form
• तत्-रूपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तस्य रूपम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having seen’

• मोहितः: deluded
• मोहितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मुह् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अध्याहृत-कर्ता)

• मायया: by illusion
• मायया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/तुल्यत्ववाचक (adverb: likewise/so)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वचनम्: a statement
• वचनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नमस्कृत्य: having bowed/saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having saluted’; (नमस् + कृ → नमस्कृ)

• महात्मने: to the great-souled one
• महात्मने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् आत्मा यस्य)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Durgā

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Maya

FAQs

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

It highlights how Māyā can bewilder even a capable person when confronted with a divine manifestation, and how humility (namaskāra) becomes the doorway to right understanding and grace in the Shaiva path.

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

The verse shows the devotee’s movement from confusion to reverent address upon beholding a sacred form—mirroring how Saguna Shiva worship (including Linga worship) stabilizes the mind and turns it from Māyā toward Shiva as Pati (the Lord).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The immediate takeaway is namaskāra (prostration) and devotional surrender; in practice this aligns with daily Shiva upāsanā such as offering salutations, japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and centering the mind to see beyond Māyā.