Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 29

शिवाश्रम-नित्यनैमित्तिककर्मविधिः / Śaiva Āśrama-Duties: Daily and Occasional Rites

Morning Purity & Bath Procedure

Devanagari script

बुद्ध्वेशानादिसद्यांतं पञ्चब्रह्ममयं शिवम् । गृहीत्वा भसितं मन्त्रैर्विमृज्याङ्गानि संस्पृशेत्

Transliteration

buddhveśānādisadyāṃtaṃ pañcabrahmamayaṃ śivam | gṛhītvā bhasitaṃ mantrairvimṛjyāṅgāni saṃspṛśet

Translation

Setelah memahami Śiva sebagai Panca-Brahman—dari Īśāna hingga Sadyojāta—hendaknya ia mengambil bhasma suci, mengucap mantra, lalu mengoleskannya dan menyentuh anggota-anggota tubuh untuk penyucian.

Word by Word

• बुद्ध्वा: having understood
• बुद्ध्वा: Kriya (क्रिया-अनुषङ्ग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); ‘having understood/realized’

• ईशानादि-सद्यः-अन्तम्: having (as) beginning Īśāna and ending Sadyojāta
• ईशानादि-सद्यः-अन्तम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईशान + आदि + सद्यः + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (ईशानादि ... सद्यः-अन्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; accusative singular; qualifying शिवम्

• पञ्चब्रह्ममयम्: consisting of the five Brahmas
• पञ्चब्रह्ममयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + ब्रह्म + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (पञ्चब्रह्माणि यस्य/येन मयम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; accusative singular; qualifying शिवम्

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; accusative singular

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया-अनुषङ्ग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); ‘having taken’

• भसितम्: sacred ash (bhasma)
• भसितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भसित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; accusative singular

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; instrumental plural

• विमृज्य: having wiped/smeared
• विमृज्य: Kriya (क्रिया-अनुषङ्ग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मृज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); ‘having wiped/smeared’

• अङ्गानि: limbs
• अङ्गानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; accusative plural

• संस्पृशेत्: should touch
• संस्पृशेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; parasmaipada; ‘should touch’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Ishana

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Pañcabrahma-jñāna and bhasma-dhāraṇa mark the Śaiva as one who remembers impermanence and turns from pāśa (bondage) toward Pati; bhasma is both purification and a sign of Śiva-sāmīpya.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: (Pañcabrahma mantras implied: Īśāna, Tatpuruṣa, Aghora, Vāmadeva, Sadyojāta)

Type: rudram

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that bhasma is not mere outer ornamentation: when applied with the awareness of Śiva as Pañcabrahma, the body is consecrated as an instrument of worship, aligning the practitioner (paśu) toward the Lord (Pati) and loosening bondage (pāśa).

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

The Pañcabrahma doctrine presents Saguna Śiva as manifest through five sacred aspects; applying bhasma with their mantras prepares the worshipper’s body as fit for Liṅga-pūjā and for contemplating Śiva’s immanent, grace-bestowing form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A bhasma-dhāraṇa practice: take sacred ash, chant the appropriate Pañcabrahma mantras, and smear/touch the limbs—commonly associated with Tripuṇḍra application as part of daily Shaiva observance.