Shloka 12

संन्यासाचारवर्णनम्

Description of the Conduct and Daily Discipline of Saṃnyāsa

Devanagari script

हस्तौ पादौ च संशोध्य द्विराचम्योमिति स्मरन् । उत्तराभिमुखो मौनी दन्तधावनमाचरेत्

Transliteration

hastau pādau ca saṃśodhya dvirācamyomiti smaran | uttarābhimukho maunī dantadhāvanamācaret

Translation

ຫຼັງຈາກຊຳລະມືແລະຕີນໃຫ້ສະອາດ ແລ້ວເຮັດອາຈະມະນະສອງຄັ້ງ ໂດຍລະລຶກພະຍາງ «ໂອມ». ຕໍ່ຈາກນັ້ນ ຫັນໜ້າໄປທາງເໜືອ ຮັກສາຄວາມສງົບ (ມູນີ) ແລະເຮັດການຖູແຂ້ວ.

Word by Word

• hastau: (both) hands
• hastau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Dvivacana (द्विवचन)

• pādau: (both) feet
• pādau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Dvivacana (द्विवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• saṃśodhya: having cleansed
• saṃśodhya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√śudh (सम्+शुध् धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (क्त्वा) in ya-form (संशोध्य), Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यबन्त)

• dviḥ: twice
• dviḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dviḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), saṅkhyā-vācaka adverb (संख्यावाचक)

• ācamya: having sipped (water)
• ācamya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√cam (आ+चम् धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (क्त्वा) in ya-form (आचम्य), Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यबन्त)

• om: Oṃ
• om: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: oṃ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), mantra-particle (मन्त्राक्षर)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-समाप्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (इति—उद्धरणचिह्न)

• smaran: remembering/reciting mentally
• smaran: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (स्मृ धातु)
• Form: Śatṛ-pratyaya (शतृ), Present active participle (वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त), Puṃliṅga Prathamā Ekavacana (पुं प्रथमा एकवचन)

• uttara-abhimukhaḥ: facing north
• uttara-abhimukhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + abhimukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) = ‘uttaraṃ abhimukhaḥ’ (facing north)

• maunī: a silent one (observing silence)
• maunī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maunin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• danta-dhāvanam: tooth-cleaning
• danta-dhāvanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danta (प्रातिपदिक) + dhāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) = ‘dantānāṃ dhāvanam’ (washing/cleaning of teeth)

• ācaret: should practice/perform
• ācaret: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√car (आ+चर् धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्, optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd/प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva daily discipline as taught in the Kailasa Samhita)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; it encodes pre-pūjā purity: ācamana with Oṃ, north-facing silence, and bodily cleansing as preparation for Śiva’s worship.

Significance: Establishes inner recollection (Oṃ-smaraṇa, mauna) alongside outer cleanliness—seen as qualifying discipline for mantra and liṅga-pūjā.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: oṃ (praṇava-smaraṇa)

Type: gayatri

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva-worship begins with both outer purification (cleaning hands, feet, teeth) and inner alignment (remembering Oṃ and observing mauna), preparing the mind to approach Pati (Śiva) with steadiness and sāttvika clarity.

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

These preparatory acts are part of the āhnika (daily regimen) that precedes approaching the Śiva-liṅga; bodily cleanliness, ācamana, and recollection of Oṃ make the worshipper fit to offer water, bhasma, and mantra to Saguna Śiva with reverence and purity.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform ācamana twice while remembering Oṃ, face north, keep silence (mauna), and then do dantadhāvanam—simple discipline that steadies speech and mind before mantra-japa and Śiva-pūjā.