Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तृणपर्णैः सदा कुर्यादमामेकादशी विना । अपां द्वादशगण्डूषैर्मुखं संशोधयेत्ततः

Transliteration

tṛṇaparṇaiḥ sadā kuryādamāmekādaśī vinā | apāṃ dvādaśagaṇḍūṣairmukhaṃ saṃśodhayettataḥ

Translation

പുല്ലും ഇലകളും ഉപയോഗിച്ച് അവൻ എപ്പോഴും ശുദ്ധി ചെയ്യണം—അമാവാസിയും ഏകാദശിയും ഒഴികെ; തുടർന്ന് വെള്ളം പന്ത്രണ്ടു ഗണ്ഡൂഷം ചെയ്ത് വായ് ശുദ്ധമാക്കണം।

Word by Word

• तृणपर्णैः: with grass and leaves
• तृणपर्णैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण + पर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; instrumental plural

• सदा: always
• सदा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; parasmaipada

• अमाम्: new-moon day (Amāvāsyā)
• अमाम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular

• एकादशी: Ekādaśī (11th lunar day)
• एकादशी: अपादान (Ablative sense with vinā/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular (as excluded item with vinā)

• विना: without, except
• विना: सम्बन्ध (Relational/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गार्थक-अव्यय/निपात (prepositional particle) meaning ‘without’

• अपाम्: of water
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; genitive plural

• द्वादशगण्डूषैः: with twelve mouthfuls/gargles
• द्वादशगण्डूषैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश + गण्डूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; instrumental plural; संख्या-पूर्वपद तत्पुरुष

• मुखम्: mouth
• मुखम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular

• संशोधयेत्: should cleanse/purify
• संशोधयेत्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + शुध्/शोधय् (धातु; causative of √शुध्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb) ‘thereafter/from that’

Speaker

Lord Shiva (teaching Parvati on Shaiva observances and purity)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account; a rule within daily observance: tooth/mouth cleansing with grass/leaves, with exceptions on amāvāsyā and ekādaśī, followed by twelve water rinses.

Significance: Frames bodily restraint and calendrical sensitivity as part of vrata-like discipline that supports purity for Śiva worship.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches that outer purity supports inner steadiness: disciplined cleansing and restraint prepare the devotee’s body-mind as a fit vessel for Shiva-bhakti and contemplative worship (Pati-realization through regulated pashu-conduct).

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

Before approaching the Shiva-Linga (Saguna Shiva as the accessible form of grace), the devotee adopts prescribed purity practices; such preparation is treated as part of upacāra—honoring the presence of Shiva through reverent readiness.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical pre-puja discipline: cleanse with grass/leaves on suitable days, then rinse the mouth twelve times with water—an achara-based purification that precedes mantra-japa (e.g., the Panchakshara) and Linga-upasana.