Shloka 35

Saṃjñā–Chāyā Upākhyāna: Sūrya-tejas, Substitution, and the Birth of Manu, Yama, and Yamunā

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे पञ्चम्यामुमासंहितायां मन्वन्तरकीर्तने वैवस्वतवर्णनं नाम पचत्रिंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ manvantarakīrtane vaivasvatavarṇanaṃ nāma pacatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

かくして『聖シヴァ・マハープラーナ』—第五巻『ウマー・サンヒター』、マヌヴァンタラを叙述する章段において—「ヴァイヴァスヴァタ（マヌヴァンタラ）の叙述」と題する第三十五章はここに終わる。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: समाप्त्यर्थक/उद्धरणार्थक अव्यय

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-शिव-महा-पुराण (प्रातिपदिक; components: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative ‘in the Śrī-Śiva-Mahāpurāṇa’

• पञ्चम्याम्: in the fifth (book)
• पञ्चम्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ‘in the fifth (book)’

• उमा-संहितायाम्: in the Umā-saṃhitā
• उमा-संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा-संहिता (प्रातिपदिक; components: उमा (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक))
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• मन्वन्तर-कीर्तने: in (the section) ‘Manvantara narration’
• मन्वन्तर-कीर्तने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर-कीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक; components: मन्वन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + कीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; section-title locative

• वैवस्वत-वर्णनम्: ‘Description of Vaivasvata’
• वैवस्वत-वर्णनम्: Karta (कर्ता) / नामधेय
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवस्वत-वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक; components: वैवस्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; chapter-title

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः, नामनिर्देशार्थक (title-marker particle)

• पञ्चत्रिंशः: thirty-fifth
• पञ्चत्रिंशः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चत्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ordinal sense ‘thirty-fifth’

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (traditional Purāṇic colophon framing, narrated to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

This is a closing colophon marking the completion of a chapter; spiritually, it emphasizes Purāṇic transmission and the orderly unfolding of cosmic time (Manvantaras) under Śiva’s supreme lordship (Pati) over all cycles.

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

Though it is not a ritual injunction, it frames the narrative within the Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, where Saguna Śiva (worshipped as Liṅga and as the Lord with attributes) is presented as the sovereign who presides over creation, preservation, dissolution, and the succession of Manvantaras.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

No specific practice is prescribed in this colophon; a fitting takeaway is śravaṇa (devotional listening/recitation) of the Purāṇa with remembrance of Śiva—often paired in Śaiva tradition with japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya.”