Shloka 40

व्यासशौनकादिसंवादः | Vyāsa–Śaunaka and the Sages: Opening Dialogue of the Kailāsa-saṃhitā

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्देशे महाभाग नैमिषारण्यसंज्ञके । दीर्घसत्रान्वितास्सर्वे प्रणवार्थप्रकाशकाः

Transliteration

asmindeśe mahābhāga naimiṣāraṇyasaṃjñake | dīrghasatrānvitāssarve praṇavārthaprakāśakāḥ

Translation

おお高貴なる方よ、このナイミシャーラニヤと呼ばれる地において、彼らは皆、長き供犠の会座に従事し、聖音「オーム」（プラナヴァ）の内奥の意義を照らし出している。

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण (in this)

• देशे: place, region
• देशे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्य)

• नैमिष-अरण्य-संज्ञके: called ‘Naimiṣāraṇya’
• नैमिष-अरण्य-संज्ञके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नैमिष (प्रातिपदिक) + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नैमिषारण्य इति संज्ञा यस्य/यत्र)

• दीर्घ-सत्र-अन्विताः: engaged in long sacrificial sessions
• दीर्घ-सत्र-अन्विताः: Karta (कर्ता/subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त; √इ धातु/अन्वि-भाव, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दीर्घं सत्रं येन/येषां अन्विताः = endowed with long sacrificial sessions)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• प्रणव-अर्थ-प्रकाशकाः: revealers of the meaning of Praṇava (Oṃ)
• प्रणव-अर्थ-प्रकाशकाः: Karta (कर्ता/predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रकाशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रणवस्य अर्थं प्रकाशयन्ति इति)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Naimiṣāraṇya is portrayed as a siddha-kṣetra where sages sustain prolonged satras; the ‘praṇavārtha’ teaching situates Śiva as the inner meaning of Oṃ.

Significance: A premier śravaṇa-manana kṣetra: hearing Purāṇas and reflecting on praṇava is said to mature adhikāra for Śiva-jñāna.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: Oṃ (praṇava) is explicitly referenced (as the object whose meaning is illuminated).

Type: gayatri

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It sanctifies Naimiṣāraṇya as a seat of sustained sādhana where sages clarify the Praṇava (Oṁ), pointing to Shiva as the supreme Pati realized through mantra and inner meaning, not merely outward rite.

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

By highlighting Praṇava’s meaning, the verse connects external worship (including Linga-pūjā and yajña) with the inner contemplation of Shiva’s presence—Saguna worship becoming a doorway to realizing the deeper, subtler truth indicated by Oṁ.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular japa and contemplation on Oṁ (Praṇava-artha-cintana), ideally alongside disciplined worship—such as Shiva mantra recitation (including the Panchākṣarī) and a sattvic, vow-based practice akin to a ‘long sadhana’ (dīrgha-satra).