Shloka 28

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे पञ्चम्यामुमासंहितायां छायापुरुषदर्शनवर्णनं नामाष्टाविंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ chāyāpuruṣadarśanavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

આ રીતે શ્રીશિવમહાપુરાણના પંચમ ગ્રંથ—ઉમાસંહિતા—માં ‘છાયાપુરુષદર્શનવર્ણન’ નામનો અઠ્ઠાવીસમો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત થયો।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative/end marker)

• श्रीशिवमहापुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्रीशिवमहापुराणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + शिव + महापुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘शिवस्य महापुराणम्’ (श्री-उपपद-पूर्वक)

• पञ्चम्याम्: in the fifth
• पञ्चम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘संहितायाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण—“in the fifth”

• उमासंहितायाम्: in the Umā-saṃhitā
• उमासंहितायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘उमायाः संहिता’

• छायापुरुषदर्शनवर्णनम्: the description of the vision of the shadow-person
• छायापुरुषदर्शनवर्णनम्: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध/शीर्षक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छाया + पुरुष + दर्शन + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘छायापुरुषस्य दर्शनस्य वर्णनम्’

• नाम: named
• नाम: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (particle: called/named)

• अष्टाविंशः: twenty-eighth
• अष्टाविंशः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numeral compound) = 28; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अध्यायः’ इत्यस्य संख्याविशेषण

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (compiler-style colophon concluding the chapter, traditionally recited within Suta’s narration to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon verse; no specific sthala narrative—marks closure of the ‘chāyāpuruṣa-darśana’ chapter within Umāsaṃhitā.

Significance: Liturgical marker used in pāṭha; reciting colophons is traditionally held to confer pāraṇa/saṅkalpa-completion merit (adhyāya-samāpti).

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

This is a concluding colophon that seals the chapter’s teaching: spiritual experiences and visions are to be understood within the authoritative frame of the Purana, ultimately pointing the seeker toward Śiva as Pati (the Lord) and toward liberation rather than mere fascination with phenomena.

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

Though the verse is a chapter-ending marker, it situates the narrative within Umāsaṃhitā, where devotion and insight converge—guiding the devotee from experiences and signs toward steady Saguna Śiva-upāsanā (including Linga worship) as a means to realize Śiva’s supreme nature.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

No direct rite is stated in this colophon; the implied takeaway is disciplined Shaiva sādhanā—regular japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), purity of conduct, and contemplative discernment so that visions are integrated into a moksha-oriented path.