Shloka 18

संन्यासमण्डलविधिवर्णनम्

Sannyāsa Maṇḍala Vidhi—Procedure for the Renunciate Mandala

Devanagari script

पद्ममष्टदलं रक्तं पीतकिंजल्ककर्णिकम् । शवर्गस्य तृतीयन्तु षष्ठस्वरसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

padmamaṣṭadalaṃ raktaṃ pītakiṃjalkakarṇikam | śavargasya tṛtīyantu ṣaṣṭhasvarasamanvitam

Translation

आठ दलों वाला लाल पद्म, पीले किंजल्क और कर्णिका सहित (ध्यान में लाए)। उस पर शवर्ग का तृतीय अक्षर, षष्ठ स्वर से संयुक्त, स्थापित कर ध्यान करे।

Word by Word

• padmam: lotus
• padmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• aṣṭa-dalam: eight-petaled
• aṣṭa-dalam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + dala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगुसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• raktam: red
• raktam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• pīta-kiṃjalka-karṇikam: having a yellow filamented pericarp
• pīta-kiṃjalka-karṇikam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīta (प्रातिपदिक) + kiṃjalka (प्रातिपदिक) + karṇikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• śa-vargasya: of the Śa-group (consonant class)
• śa-vargasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śa (प्रातिपदिक) + varga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tṛtīyam: the third
• tṛtīyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (क्रमवाचक)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/अवधारणार्थक

• ṣaṣṭha-svara-samanvitam: endowed with the sixth vowel
• ṣaṣṭha-svara-samanvitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + svara (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Lord Shiva (teaching a mantra-dhyāna/nyāsa procedure within Kailāsasaṃhitā)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Tatpuruṣa

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: (śa-varga 3rd letter) + (6th vowel) = स + ऊ → सू (sū) (as phonetic construction implied by varṇa-vidhi)

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It encodes a dhyāna-krama (inner visualization) where the mind is fixed on a purified lotus-seat and a specific mantra-sound, teaching that disciplined mantra-awareness is a direct means to approach Pati (Shiva) beyond pasha (bondage).

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

The lotus and letter-vowel union function as a subtle ‘inner liṅga’ for meditation—Saguna supports (form, color, locus) steady the mind so it can enter mantra-japa that leads toward Shiva’s higher, formless realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A mantra-dhyāna practice: visualize an eight-petalled red lotus with a golden center, then contemplate/japa the indicated phoneme (third of śa-varga) combined with the sixth vowel as part of a prescribed Shaiva mantra-nyāsa or bija meditation.