Shloka 11

Garbha-sthiti, Deha-pariṇāma, and Vairāgya-upadeśa

Embryonic Condition, Bodily Transformation, and Instruction in Detachment

Devanagari script

पच्यते पच्यमानाच्च भवेत्पाकद्वयं पुनः । त्वक् तया वेष्ट्यते पूर्वं रुधिरं च प्रजायते

Transliteration

pacyate pacyamānācca bhavetpākadvayaṃ punaḥ | tvak tayā veṣṭyate pūrvaṃ rudhiraṃ ca prajāyate

Translation

As it undergoes ‘cooking’ (maturation), and from that very process of being matured, a further twofold transformation again arises. First, a skin is formed and it envelops it; and then blood comes into being.

Word by Word

• पच्यते: is cooked/digested
• पच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pac (पच् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/present), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular; passive/intransitive sense ‘is cooked/gets digested’

• पच्यमानात्: from being cooked
• पच्यमानात्: Apadana (अपादान/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pac (पच् धातु)
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्/कृत्: पच्यमान), Neuter/abstract usage; Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; ‘from (it) being cooked’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• भवेत्: would arise; becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• पाक-द्वयम्: a twofold transformation/cooking
• पाक-द्वयम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāka + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः: पाकद्वय (तत्पुरुष)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb

• त्वक्: skin
• त्वक्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvac (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• तया: by it (by that skin)
• तया: Karana (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; refers to ‘tvak’

• वेष्ट्यते: is wrapped/covered
• वेष्ट्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: veṣṭ (वेष्ट् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/present), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular; passive sense ‘is wrapped/covered’

• पूर्वम्: first; earlier
• पूर्वम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvam (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक)
• Form: Avyaya usage as adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘first/previously’

• रुधिरम्: blood
• रुधिरम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• प्रजायते: is generated; comes into being
• प्रजायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/present), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular; with preverb pra-; passive/intransitive ‘is produced’

Speaker

Lord Shiva (teaching Umā/Parvati in the Umāsaṃhitā’s philosophical discourse on the body and bondage)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It highlights how embodied life arises through Prakriti’s gradual transformations; recognizing this constructed, changing body supports vairagya and the Shaiva aim of seeking Pati (Shiva) beyond pasha (bondage).

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

By contrasting the body’s perishable formation with Shiva as the abiding Lord, it orients the devotee toward Saguna Shiva worship (Linga, mantra, puja) as a means to transcend identification with bodily change.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Contemplative meditation on the body’s impermanence alongside japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) is implied as a practical means to loosen attachment and turn awareness toward Shiva.