Shloka 22

संन्यासमण्डलविधिवर्णनम्

Sannyāsa Maṇḍala Vidhi—Procedure for the Renunciate Mandala

Devanagari script

कोष्ठानि पंच गृह्रीयाद्गिरिराजसुते शिवे । मध्ये तु कर्णिकां कुर्यात्पीतां रक्तं च वृत्तकम्

Transliteration

koṣṭhāni paṃca gṛhrīyādgirirājasute śive | madhye tu karṇikāṃ kuryātpītāṃ raktaṃ ca vṛttakam

Translation

હે ગિરિરાજસુતે શિવે! પાંચ કોષ્ઠો (ખંડો) ગ્રહણ કરવાં. અને મધ્યમાં કર્ણિકા (કેન્દ્રાસન) કરવી—વૃત્તાકાર, પીળા તથા રક્ત વર્ણથી ચિહ્નિત.

Word by Word

• कोष्ठानि: cells/compartments
• कोष्ठानि: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; accusative plural

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: विशेषण (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्च (अव्यय/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral; used as indeclinable)

• गृह्णीयात्: should take/choose
• गृह्णीयात्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; parasmaipada

• गिरिराजसुते: O daughter of Himālaya
• गिरिराजसुते: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिराज + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; vocative singular; ‘O daughter of the king of mountains’

• शिवे: O Śivā (Pārvatī)
• शिवे: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; vocative singular

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative singular

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• कर्णिकाम्: pericarp/central whorl
• कर्णिकाम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular

• कुर्यात्: should make
• कुर्यात्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; parasmaipada

• पीताम्: yellow
• पीताम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √पा ‘to drink’ in sense ‘yellow’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle) used as adjective ‘yellow’

• रक्तम्: red
• रक्तम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √रञ्ज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular; adjectival

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वृत्तकम्: a circle/round figure
• वृत्तकम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: कोष्ठानि पंच गृह्रीयाद्गिरिराजसुते शिवे । मध्ये तु कर्णिकां कुर्यात्पीतां रक्तं च वृत्तकम्

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches disciplined sacred visualization: arranging a fivefold structure with a consecrated center, symbolizing ordered worship where the mind is gathered and offered to Pati (Śiva) through a focused inner and outer ritual form.

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

The five compartments and central karṇikā function like a worship-diagram (mandala/lotus-seat) that supports Saguna devotion—giving the practitioner a concrete sacred locus for invoking and honoring Śiva’s presence before deeper contemplation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It indicates constructing a lotus-like mandala/yantra with five sections and a central circle (colored yellow and red), to be used as a focused support for pūjā and meditative placement of the deity during Śaiva worship.