Shloka 29

मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics

Devanagari script

अनुगृह्य महामंत्रतात्पर्यम्परमेश्वरः । पूर्णोहं भावनारूपः शंभुर स्मीति निश्चलम्

Transliteration

anugṛhya mahāmaṃtratātparyamparameśvaraḥ | pūrṇohaṃ bhāvanārūpaḥ śaṃbhura smīti niścalam

Translation

അനുഗ്രഹിച്ച് പരമേശ്വരൻ മഹാമന്ത്രത്തിന്റെ അന്തർതാത്പര്യം വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു—“ഞാൻ പരിപൂർണ്ണൻ; എന്റെ സ്വരൂപം ശുദ്ധ ഭാവനാരൂപ ചൈതന്യം; ഞാൻ ശംഭു”—ഈ നിശ്ചയത്തിൽ সাধകൻ അചഞ്ചലനായി നിലകൊള്ളണം।

Word by Word

• अनुगृह्य: having favored/granted
• अनुगृह्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), उपसर्गः अनु-; क्रियाविशेषणभावः

• महामन्त्रतात्पर्यम्: the purport of the great mantra
• महामन्त्रतात्पर्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तात्पर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (Determinative; ‘महामन्त्रस्य तात्पर्यम्’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमासः (Descriptive; ‘परमः ईश्वरः’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूर्णः: complete
• पूर्णः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भावनारूपः: having the form of contemplation
• भावनारूपः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भावना (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (Determinative; ‘भावनायाः रूपः’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyopasaṃhāra (वाक्योपसंहार/उद्धरणचिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यादि-निपात (quotative particle), अव्यय

• निश्चलम्: steadily/without wavering
• निश्चलम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative) एकवचन (Singular); क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: ‘steadily’)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (Parameshvara)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: pūrṇo'haṃ bhāvanārūpaḥ śaṃbhur asmīti niścalam

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that mantra is fulfilled when its “tātparya” becomes direct inner certainty: by Shiva’s grace, the seeker abides steadily in the realization of Śambhu as the complete, liberating Lord.

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

Linga/Saguna worship steadies the mind and invokes Shiva’s grace; this verse points to the inner culmination—firm bhāvanā (contemplation) where the worshipper’s awareness rests in Śambhu’s presence and meaning.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Japa of the mahāmantra with bhāvanā: repeat it steadily, contemplate its essential meaning, and remain niścalā (unwavering) in devotion and meditative absorption until the mind becomes one-pointed in Śiva.