Shloka 32

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ छिंधि मे संशयं महत् । सन्ति लोका हि ब्रह्मांडादुपरिष्टान्न वा मुने

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | sanatkumāra sarvajña chiṃdhi me saṃśayaṃ mahat | santi lokā hi brahmāṃḍādupariṣṭānna vā mune

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。「おおサナトクマーラよ、遍知の御方よ――我が大いなる疑いを断ち切ってください。聖仙よ、宇宙の卵（ブラフマーンダ）の上には諸世界があるのですか、それとも無いのですか。」

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• सनत्कुमार: O Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमार: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत् + कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सनत् कुमारः)

• सर्वज्ञ: O omniscient one
• सर्वज्ञ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (यः सर्वं जानाति)

• छिन्धि: cut/remove
• छिन्धि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संशयम्: doubt
• संशयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (संशयम्)

• सन्ति: are/exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• लोकाः: worlds
• लोकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Emphasis/Reason (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ

• ब्रह्माण्डात्: from the cosmic egg (universe)
• ब्रह्माण्डात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• उपरिष्टात्: above
• उपरिष्टात्: Adverbial (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरिष्टात् (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• वा: or
• वा: Alternative (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Vyasa

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: brahmāṇḍa-bound cosmology questioned (lokas beyond the cosmic egg)

Characters & Entities

• Vyasa
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

This verse frames a key Shaiva philosophical inquiry: whether reality is limited to the manifest cosmos (the brahmāṇḍa) or whether higher, subtler realms exist—pointing toward the Siddhānta view that the Lord (Pati) and liberating knowledge transcend merely material cosmology.

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

By questioning what lies beyond the brahmāṇḍa, the verse implicitly distinguishes the limited, created worlds from the transcendent Shiva-tattva. Linga-worship trains the mind to move from saguna contemplation (form and symbol) toward realization of Shiva as the supreme reality beyond all worlds.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is inquiry (vicāra) supported by Shaiva sādhanā—steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and meditation on the Linga to pierce doubt and orient awareness toward what transcends the brahmāṇḍa.