Shloka 31

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

जपः शिवप्रणीधानं पद्मकाद्यं तथासनम् बाह्यमाभ्यन्तरं प्रोक्तं शौचमाभ्यन्तरं वरम्

Transliteration

japaḥ śivapraṇīdhānaṃ padmakādyaṃ tathāsanam bāhyamābhyantaraṃ proktaṃ śaucamābhyantaraṃ varam

Translation

ジャパ（真言の反復）と、シヴァへの全託（śiva-praṇidhāna）、さらにパドマカ（蓮華坐・パドマーサナ）などの坐法が説かれる。清めは外と内の二種とされるが、内なる清浄こそがより勝れている。

Word by Word

• जपः: mantra-repetition (japa)

• शिवप्रणीधानम्: complete dedication/surrender to Śiva (Śiva-pranidhāna)

• पद्मकाद्यम्: Padmaka (Padmāsana) and related postures

• तथा: and also

• आसनम्: yogic seat/posture

• बाह्यम्: external (purity)

• आभ्यन्तरम्: internal (purity)

• प्रोक्तम्: is declared/taught

• शौचम्: purification/cleanliness

• आभ्यन्तरम्: inner (mental-spiritual)

• वरम्: superior/excellent

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Śaiva discipline as taught in the Linga Purana tradition)