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Shloka 48

मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics

ओंमाद्यैः पंचभिर्ब्रह्ममंत्रैस्सद्यादिभिः क्र्मात् । सुगंधकुसुमैर्माल्यैरलंकुर्य्याद्रथं च तम्

oṃmādyaiḥ paṃcabhirbrahmamaṃtraissadyādibhiḥ krmāt | sugaṃdhakusumairmālyairalaṃkuryyādrathaṃ ca tam

Comenzando con el sagrado «Om», debe consagrarse, en el debido orden, con los cinco mantras de Brahmā, como el de Sadyojāta. Luego ha de adornarse ese carro con flores fragantes y guirnaldas.

ओम्-आद्यैःwith (mantras) beginning with Oṃ
ओम्-आद्यैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootoṃ-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः तत्पुरुषः (ādi ‘beginning’ with oṃ as first); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण
पञ्चभिःwith five
पञ्चभिः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formत्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण
ब्रह्ममन्त्रैःwith Brahma-mantras
ब्रह्ममन्त्रैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahma-mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः मन्त्राः / brahma-related mantras); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
सद्यादिभिःwith those beginning with ‘sadya’ etc.
सद्यादिभिः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsadya-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः तत्पुरुषः (ādi ‘etc.’); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण
क्रमात्in due order
क्रमात्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkrama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘in order/stepwise’
सुगन्ध-कुसुमैःwith fragrant flowers
सुगन्ध-कुसुमैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsu-gandha-kusuma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः कर्मधारयः (सुगन्धानि कुसुमानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
माल्यैःwith garlands
माल्यैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmālya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
अलङ्कुर्यात्should adorn
अलङ्कुर्यात्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootalaṃ-√kṛ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
रथम्the chariot
रथम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootratha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
तम्him/that one
तम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasa Samhita account to the sages, describing ritual procedure)

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Mantra: oṃ … sadyojātādi-pañca-brahma-mantrāḥ (Sadyojāta, Vāmadeva, Aghora, Tatpuruṣa, Īśāna)

Offering: pushpa

S
Shiva

FAQs

It teaches that Shiva-puja should be both inwardly sanctified by mantra (beginning with Om and the five Brahma-mantras) and outwardly expressed through reverent offerings like fragrant flowers—uniting disciplined ritual with devotion.

The Panchabrahma mantras are traditionally connected with Shiva’s manifest (saguṇa) worship and consecration rites; adorning the chariot reflects honoring Shiva’s presence through sacred form, procession, and ceremonial upacāras.

It suggests a sequential mantra-nyāsa/abhimantraṇa beginning with Om and the Panchabrahma (Sadyojāta etc.), followed by devotional decoration with flowers and garlands—emphasizing mantra-discipline alongside bhakti.