Shloka 19

तपसो महिमा

The Greatness and Typology of Tapas

Devanagari script

संक्रातिविषुवद्योगो नादमुक्ते नियुज्यताम् । ध्यानं त्रिकालिकं ज्योतिरुन्मनीभावधारणा

Transliteration

saṃkrātiviṣuvadyogo nādamukte niyujyatām | dhyānaṃ trikālikaṃ jyotirunmanībhāvadhāraṇā

Translation

Aplíquese la disciplina vinculada a las sagradas coyunturas del tiempo—solsticios/equinoccios y las transiciones solares—en la práctica de la liberación mediante el nāda (sonido interior). Realícese la meditación tres veces al día, sosteniendo la contemplación de la Luz interna y la firme absorción llamada unmanī-bhāva.

Word by Word

• संक्रातिविषुवत्-योगः: the yoga at saṅkrānti and equinox
• संक्रातिविषुवत्-योगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्राति (प्रातिपदिक) + विषुवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (संक्रातौ विषुवति च/संक्राति-विषुवत्-समये योगः)

• नादमुक्ते: in/at liberation through nāda (sound)
• नादमुक्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नादमुक्ति = नाद (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नादस्य मुक्तिः)

• नियुज्यताम्: let it be applied/engaged
• नियुज्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√युज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be employed/appointed’

• ध्यानम्: meditation
• ध्यानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• त्रिकालिकम्: three-times-a-day
• त्रिकालिकम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिकालिक = त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक) + इक (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of ध्यानम्); समासः तत्पुरुषः (त्रिषु कालेषु भवम्)

• ज्योतिः: light, radiance
• ज्योतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• उन्मनीभावधारणा: concentration on the state of unmanī
• उन्मनीभावधारणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्मनीभावधारणा = उन्मनी (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक) + धारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (उन्मनी-भावस्य धारणा)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (as teacher within the Umāsaṃhitā’s philosophical-yogic discourse, narrated in the Purāṇic frame by Sūta)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not tied to a Jyotirliṅga legend; it prescribes yogic timing (saṅkrānti/viṣuva) and interior practice (nāda, jyotis) as a sādhana framework.

Significance: Reframes pilgrimage inward: aligning practice with cosmic junctions and daily tri-sandhyā meditation to mature inner steadiness and receptivity to grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Saṅkrānti and viṣuva (solar transitions and equinoctial/solstitial junctions) highlighted as auspicious temporal thresholds for intensified yoga.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches a Shaiva yogic method for liberation: aligning one’s discipline with sacred time-junctions and cultivating nāda (inner sound), trikāla meditation, and absorption in the inner Light that culminates in unmanī-bhāva—mind-transcending stillness oriented to Pati (Shiva).

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

While Linga worship is an outer support (saguna-upāsanā), this verse highlights the inner counterpart—meditating on Shiva as jyoti (radiant consciousness) and as the subtle nāda within, by which the devotee internalizes Linga-worship into direct contemplative realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice meditation three times daily (trikāla), especially at potent time-junctions like saṅkrānti and viṣuva, focusing on inner sound (nāda) and inner light (jyoti) with steady dhāraṇā until the mind settles into unmanī-bhāva.