Shloka 6

मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics

Devanagari script

सुब्रह्मण्य उवाच । इदमेव मुने गुह्यं भृगवे शिवयोगिने । उक्तं भगवता साक्षात्सर्वज्ञेन पिनाकिना

Transliteration

subrahmaṇya uvāca | idameva mune guhyaṃ bhṛgave śivayogine | uktaṃ bhagavatā sākṣātsarvajñena pinākinā

Translation

Subrahmaṇya dit : « Ô sage, ce secret même fut énoncé directement à Bhṛgu, le yogin voué à Śiva, par Bhagavān en personne, le Pinākin omniscient (Śiva, porteur de l’arc). »

Word by Word

• subrahmaṇyaḥ: Subrahmaṇya
• subrahmaṇyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: subrahmaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: Liṭ (perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga, Prathamā/Accusative, Ekavacana

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya—emphatic particle

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

• guhyam: secret
• guhyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga, Prathamā/Accusative, Ekavacana; adjective used substantively ‘secret (thing)’

• bhṛgave: to Bhṛgu
• bhṛgave: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī (Dat, 4th), Ekavacana

• śiva-yogine: to the Śiva-yogin (practitioner of Śiva-yoga)
• śiva-yogine: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana; समासः—तत्पुरुष (śive yogaḥ yasya / śivasya yogī) used as epithet

• uktam: was spoken
• uktam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त; √vac/वच्)
• Form: Kridanta—क्त (PPP), Napुंसakaliṅga, Prathamā/Accusative, Ekavacana; used impersonally ‘was said’

• bhagavatā: by the Lord
• bhagavatā: Kartṛ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; agent in passive

• sākṣāt: directly
• sākṣāt: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya—adverb ‘directly/in person’

• sarva-jñena: by the omniscient (one)
• sarva-jñena: Kartṛ (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; कर्मधारयः ‘all + knowing’

• pinākinā: by Pinākin (Śiva)
• pinākinā: Kartṛ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pinākin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; epithet of Śiva ‘bearer of the bow Pināka’

Speaker

Subrahmanya (Kartikeya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Kartikeya
• Bhrigu

FAQs

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

It emphasizes Śiva as the direct, all-knowing Guru (Pati) who transmits esoteric liberating knowledge (guhya) to qualified sages, establishing the authority of the teaching being narrated.

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

By naming Śiva as “Bhagavān” and “Pinākin,” it affirms Saguna Śiva—known through names, forms, and attributes—as the compassionate revealer of truth, which undergirds devotional worship (including Liṅga-upāsanā) as a valid path to grace and realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse points to Śiva-yoga: disciplined meditation and devotion under authentic instruction; practically, it implies receiving mantra-upadeśa and sustaining focused remembrance of Śiva as the inner teacher.