Shloka 10

Śiva-Śakti Tattva, Varṇa-Rahasya, and Mahāvākya-Bhāvanā

Interpretive Discipline

Devanagari script

अन्यदेव तद्विदितादथो अविदितादपि । अस्मिन्वाक्ये फलस्यापि वैपरीत्यविभावना

Transliteration

anyadeva tadviditādatho aviditādapi | asminvākye phalasyāpi vaiparītyavibhāvanā

Translation

അവൻ (ശിവൻ) അറിയപ്പെട്ടതിലും വേറെയാണ്, അറിയപ്പെടാത്തതിലും വേറെയാണ്. ഈ വാക്യത്തിൽ ‘ഫലം’ എന്ന ധാരണയിലും വൈപരീത്യം വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു—സാധാരണ ആശയജ്ഞാനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോക്ഷം ഉത്ഭവിക്കുന്നില്ല; സർവ്വവിഭാഗാതീതനായ പരമേശ്വരന്റെ പ്രത്യക്ഷാനുഭവത്തിലൂടെയാണ് വിമോചനം സിദ്ധിക്കുന്നത്।

Word by Word

• anyat: something else/different
• anyat: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; predicate nominal

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Avadhāraṇa-dyotaka (अवधारण-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारणार्थक-निपात)

• tat: from that
• tat: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Demonstrative pronoun, Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; with viditāt

• viditāt: from the known
• viditāt: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु) → vidita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP) used substantively, Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular

• atho: and also/moreover
• atho: Samuccaya-dyotaka (समुच्चय-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha + u (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/conjunction (अथो = moreover/and also)

• a-viditāt: from the unknown
• a-viditāt: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Verb
• Root: a- (नञ्) + √vid (धातु) → avidita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Negated PPP (नञ्-पूर्वक क्त), Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya-dyotaka (समुच्चय-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (अपि = also/even)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Demonstrative pronoun, Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• vākye: sentence/statement
• vākye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• phalasya: of the result
• phalasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• api: also/even
• api: Samuccaya-dyotaka (समुच्चय-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (अपि)

• vaiparītya-vibhāvanā: consideration/possibility of reversal (contrary result)
• vaiparītya-vibhāvanā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiparītya (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhāvanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: वैपरीत्यस्य विभावना), Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasha Samhita’s philosophical teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

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 Śiva (Pati) transcends both what the mind can know and what it cannot frame; therefore mokṣa is not a product of conceptual knowledge but arises from direct, grace-filled realization and steadfast devotion aligned with true discernment.

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

Liṅga-worship provides a sacred focus for the seeker’s mind and devotion (saguṇa upāsanā), yet the verse clarifies that the ultimate Śiva is beyond all definable objects—so the Liṅga is approached as a gateway to the transcendent (nirguṇa) reality, not as a merely material symbol.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva with the pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while letting go of fixed concepts of ‘known’ and ‘unknown’; support this with traditional Śaiva sādhana such as Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa to steady devotion and inner recollection.