Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सद्यादि ब्रह्म चोच्चार्य ध्यात्वा देवं परं शुभम् । उदीर्य च महामंत्रमओंकारं नादघोषितम्

Transliteration

sadyādi brahma coccārya dhyātvā devaṃ paraṃ śubham | udīrya ca mahāmaṃtramaoṃkāraṃ nādaghoṣitam

Translation

Having uttered the sacred Brahman-formula beginning with “sadyaḥ…”, and meditating on the Supreme Auspicious Deity, one should then intone the great mantra—Oṃkāra—resounding as the sound-current (nāda).

Word by Word

• सद्यादि: beginning with ‘sadyaḥ’
• सद्यादि: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (Determinative: ‘सद्यः आदिः’/‘beginning with “sadyaḥ”’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘ब्रह्म’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• ब्रह्म: Brahman / the sacred formula ‘brahma’
• ब्रह्म: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (Conjunction)

• उच्चार्य: having uttered
• उच्चार्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्√चर् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated
• ध्यात्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ध्यै (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘देवम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘देवम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• उदीर्य: having pronounced/raised
• उदीर्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्√ईर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (Conjunction)

• महामन्त्रम्: the great mantra
• महामन्त्रम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (Descriptive: ‘महान् मन्त्रः’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• ओंकारम्: the syllable ‘Oṃ’ (Oṃkāra)
• ओंकारम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओम् (अव्यय/प्रणव) + कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (Determinative: ‘ओम्-शब्दस्य कारः’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular) — महामन्त्रस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• नादघोषितम्: resounding with sound
• नादघोषितम्: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाद (प्रातिपदिक) + घोषित (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (Determinative: ‘नादेन घोषितम्’), भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘महामन्त्रम्/ओंकारम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: oṃ sadyojātaṃ prapadyāmi sadyojātāya vai namaḥ | bhave bhave nātibhave bhavasva māṃ bhavodbhavaḥ || (Sadyojāta-mantra; ‘sadyādi brahma’ alludes to the Pañcabrahma-mantras) and Oṃ (praṇava)

Type: gayatri

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shiva-worship begins with purified speech (Vedic sacred utterance) and culminates in praṇava (Oṃ) as nāda—pointing to Shiva as both the transcendent (para) and the immanent vibration guiding the soul toward liberation.

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

Meditating on the “Supreme Auspicious Deity” supports saguna upāsanā (devotional contemplation of Shiva’s form), while chanting Oṃkāra links that worship to Shiva’s subtler presence in the Liṅga as the eternal, formless principle expressed through sound.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Recite the opening sacred formula, meditate steadily on Shiva, then chant Oṃ with attentive listening to its resonance (nāda), letting the sound-current collect the mind into one-pointed devotion and inner stillness.