Shloka 11

सतीविरहानन्तरं शम्भोश्चरितम् / Śiva’s Conduct After Satī’s Separation

Devanagari script

समाधाय मनो यत्नात्समाधिन्दुःखनाशिनम । चकार च ददर्शासौ स्वरूपं निजमव्ययम्

Transliteration

samādhāya mano yatnātsamādhinduḥkhanāśinama | cakāra ca dadarśāsau svarūpaṃ nijamavyayam

Translation

ດ້ວຍຄວາມພາກພຽນ ລາວໄດ້ຮວບຮວມໃຈໃຫ້ໝັ້ນ ແລະເຂົ້າສູ່ສະມາທິ ອັນທຳລາຍຄວາມທຸກ. ໃນການດຳລົງນັ້ນ ລາວໄດ້ເຫັນຮູບທີ່ແທ້ຂອງຕົນ—ສະພາບອັນບໍ່ເສື່ອມສູນ.

Word by Word

• समाधाय: having fixed, having concentrated
• समाधाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having fixed/placed)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• यत्नात्: with effort, by exertion
• यत्नात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause/means)

• समाधि-दुःख-नाशिनम्: destroying the suffering (connected with) samādhi
• समाधि-दुःख-नाशिनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाधि + दुःख + नाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (समाधेः दुःखस्य नाशिन् = destroyer of the pain of samādhi) विशेषण (svarūpam)

• चकार: did, performed
• चकार: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• असौ: he (that person)
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (this/he)

• स्वरूपम्: one's own form, true nature
• स्वरूपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (स्वं रूपम्)

• निजम्: own, personal
• निजम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (svarūpam)

• अव्ययम्: imperishable, undecaying
• अव्ययम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (imperishable)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that disciplined concentration culminates in samādhi, which removes duḥkha (bondage-born sorrow) and reveals one’s enduring svarūpa—self-knowledge that, in Shaiva Siddhanta, ripens under Lord Shiva’s grace.

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

Saguna worship (such as Linga-upāsanā) steadies devotion and purifies the mind; that purified mind becomes fit for inner absorption where the devotee gains direct insight into reality, ultimately pointing beyond form to Shiva’s liberating presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Focused dhyāna leading to samādhi—steadying the mind with sustained practice; it aligns well with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and disciplined meditation as part of Shaiva sādhanā.