Shloka 51

Kāla-vañcana (Overcoming/Outwitting Time) and the Pañcabhūta Basis of the Body

Devanagari script

शंखशब्देन देवेशि कामरूपं प्रपद्यते । योगिनो मेघनादेन न विपत्संगमो भवेत्

Transliteration

śaṃkhaśabdena deveśi kāmarūpaṃ prapadyate | yogino meghanādena na vipatsaṃgamo bhavet

Translation

Oh Diosa, por el sonido de la caracola (śaṅkha) se alcanza el poder de asumir la forma deseada; y por la resonancia profunda, semejante al trueno de las nubes, del sonido sagrado, el yogui no queda afligido por el contacto con la calamidad.

Word by Word

• शंखशब्देन: by the sound of the conch
• शंखशब्देन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख-शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; करण; समास: शंखस्य शब्दः (genitive-tatpurusha)

• देवेशि: O goddess (queen of gods)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• कामरूपम्: desired form
• कामरूपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म; समास: कामं रूपम् (descriptive)

• प्रपद्यते: attains/assumes
• प्रपद्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• योगिनः: of the yogin
• योगिनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of the yogin)

• मेघनादेन: by the thunder-like roar
• मेघनादेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ-नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; करण; समास: मेघस्य नादः (genitive-tatpurusha)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• विपत्संगमः: encounter with calamity
• विपत्संगमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपत्-संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृ/भाव; समास: विपदां संगमः (genitive-tatpurusha)

• भवेत्: would be/should occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a sthala-purāṇa passage; the verse occurs in a yogic/śabda teaching where Śiva explains siddhi-effects of sacred sound (nāda) to Devī.

Significance: Frames sound (śaṅkha-nāda / megha-nāda) as protective and siddhi-bestowing; supports pilgrimage praxis where temple sound is treated as apotropaic and purifying.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Parvati

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches that sacred sound (nāda)—whether external like the conch or internal as yogic resonance—purifies the practitioner’s field of experience and guards the yogin from the binding impact of misfortune, supporting steadiness on the path to liberation under Pati (Shiva).

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

Conch-sound and resonant chanting are classic aids in Saguna Shiva worship around the Linga, where nāda functions as an offering; the verse frames such sound as both a devotional act and a yogic discipline that protects and stabilizes the worshipper.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Use auspicious sacred sound—such as conch-blowing at the start of Shiva-puja and steady mantra-japa with attention to inner resonance (nāda-anusandhāna)—as a protective and focusing support for yoga and bhakti.