Shloka 43

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

तस्याः स्वास्थ्येन ध्यानं च समाधिश् च विचारतः तत्रैकचित्तता ध्यानं प्रत्ययान्तरवर्जितम्

Transliteration

tasyāḥ svāsthyena dhyānaṃ ca samādhiś ca vicārataḥ tatraikacittatā dhyānaṃ pratyayāntaravarjitam

Translation

ആ ശാസനയുടെ സ്ഥിരതയിൽ നിന്ന് ധ്യാനവും സമാധിയും വിവേചിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. അവിടെ മറ്റുപ്രത്യയങ്ങൾ ഇല്ലാതെ, ഏക തത്ത്വമായ—പതി ശിവൻ—മേൽ ഏകചിത്തത തന്നെയാണ് ‘ധ്യാനം’.

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of that (practice/discipline)

• स्वास्थ्येन: by steadiness, by being established in one’s own state

• ध्यानम्: meditation

• च: and

• समाधिः: samādhi, absorptive concentration

• च: and

• विचारतः: by reflection, by discernment

• तत्र: there, in that state/practice

• एकचित्तता: one-pointedness of mind

• ध्यानम्: meditation

• प्रत्यय-अन्तर-वर्जितम्: devoid of other cognitions/mental contents, free from intervening ideas

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva yoga-lakshana within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It shifts worship from outer form to inner upāsanā: true Linga-oriented devotion culminates in ekacittatā—one-pointed meditation on Pati (Śiva), free from distracting cognitions.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva-tattva is implied as the single, non-distracted object of awareness—when other pratyayas (mental contents) fall away, consciousness abides in the Lord as the supreme focus beyond oscillating thought.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Pāśupata-style dhyāna leading toward samādhi: cultivating svāsthya (inner steadiness) and maintaining uninterrupted one-pointed attention without pratyayāntara (intervening thoughts).