Shloka 22

न्यासवर्णनम् (Nyāsa-varṇanam) — Description of Nyāsa in the Saṃnyāsa Procedure

Devanagari script

पुष्पांजलौ निर्गमय्य मण्डलस्थस्य भास्वतः । सिन्दूरारुणदेहस्य वामार्द्धदयितस्य च

Transliteration

puṣpāṃjalau nirgamayya maṇḍalasthasya bhāsvataḥ | sindūrāruṇadehasya vāmārddhadayitasya ca

Translation

ಪುಷ್ಪಾಂಜಲಿಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿ, ಮಂಡಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾದ ಭಾಸ್ವಂತ ಪ್ರಭುವನ್ನು ಧ್ಯಾನಿಸಬೇಕು—ಸಿಂಧೂರವರ್ಣದ ಅರುಣದೇಹನಾದ ಅವನನ್ನು, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಅವನ ವಾಮಾರ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಿಯ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನೂ।

Word by Word

• पुष्पाञ्जलौ: in the handful of flowers (flower-offering)
• पुष्पाञ्जलौ: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘पुष्पाणाम् अञ्जलिः’ = handful/anjali of flowers; सप्तमी—‘in/at the flower-offering’

• निर्गमय्य: having emitted/caused to emerge
• निर्गमय्य: पूर्वकाल (Gerund; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-√गम् (धातु) (णिच् causative implied)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘निर्गमय्य’ = having caused to come out/emit; अव्ययभाव

• मण्डलस्थस्य: of (the one) situated in the maṇḍala
• मण्डलस्थस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त, √स्था)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः ‘मण्डले स्थितः’ = situated in the maṇḍala; षष्ठी—‘of the one situated…’

• भास्वतः: of the shining one
• भास्वतः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भास्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘luminous, shining’ (qualifying the deity/person)

• सिन्दूरारुणदेहस्य: of (him) whose body is vermilion-red
• सिन्दूरारुणदेहस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिन्दूर (प्रातिपदिक) + अरुण (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘सिन्दूरारुणः देहः यस्य’ (body red like vermilion); षष्ठी—‘of (him) whose body…’

• वामार्धदयितस्य: of the beloved of the left half
• वामार्धदयितस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाम (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + दयित (कृदन्त, √दा/√दय् in sense ‘beloved’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘वामार्धस्य दयितः’ = beloved of the left half (i.e., of the left-side consort); षष्ठी

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Ardhanārīśvara

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It directs the devotee to unite outer worship (flower offering) with inner contemplation of Pati (Śiva) together with His inseparable Śakti, indicating that grace and liberation arise from honoring their non-dual unity.

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

The verse supports Saguna-upāsanā: the worshipper visualizes the radiant Lord within a consecrated maṇḍala and remembers Śiva with Śakti, a common Shaiva Purana method for focusing the mind during linga-pūjā and related rites.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Offer flowers with reverence and meditate on Śiva’s luminous form together with the left-half beloved (Śakti/Ardhanārī), using steady visualization as the mind’s anchor during pūjā and japa (such as the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”).