Shloka 34

शिवध्यानपूजनवर्णनम्

Description of Śiva Meditation and Worship

Devanagari script

कर्णिकायां च वैराग्यं बीजेषु नव शक्तयः । वामाद्या एव पूर्वादि तदन्तश्च मनोन्मनी

Transliteration

karṇikāyāṃ ca vairāgyaṃ bījeṣu nava śaktayaḥ | vāmādyā eva pūrvādi tadantaśca manonmanī

Translation

കർണികയിൽ വൈരാഗ്യം സ്ഥാപിതമാണ്. ബീജാക്ഷരങ്ങളിൽ ഒമ്പത് ശക്തികൾ വസിക്കുന്നു—വാമാ മുതലായവ കിഴക്കിൽ നിന്ന് ദിശാക്രമത്തിൽ; അവയുടെ പര്യവസാനത്തിൽ മനോന്മനീ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു।

Word by Word

• karṇikāyām: in the pericarp (central whorl)
• karṇikāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (sg.); Adhikaraṇa (locative)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avadhāraṇa (conjunction/particle)

• vairāgyam: dispassion
• vairāgyam: Viśeṣya/Pradhāna (विधेय/प्रधान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा) or Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; here as predicate-noun (vidheya)

• bījeṣu: in the seeds
• bījeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bīja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (n.), Saptamī (7th), Bahuvacana (pl.); Adhikaraṇa

• nava: nine
• nava: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective; Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; agrees with śaktayaḥ

• śaktayaḥ: powers (śaktis)
• śaktayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; subject/predicate listing

• vāmādyāḥ: beginning with Vāmā
• vāmādyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāmā + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; ādi-anta relation (ādi = beginning with); qualifies śaktayaḥ

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa (emphatic particle)

• pūrvādi: beginning with the east
• pūrvādi: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya-like usage as indeclinable adjective; ‘beginning with the east (pūrva)’; modifies implied directions/sequence

• tadantaḥ: ending with that
• tadantaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; ‘having that as the end/ending with that’; predicative qualifier (with implied series)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samucchaya (conjunction)

• manonmanī: Manonmanī (the transcendent śakti)
• manonmanī: Karta/Viśeṣya (कर्ता/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manonmanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; proper name/technical term; predicate/culminating śakti

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Tārā

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shakti
• Vāmā
• Manonmanī

FAQs

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

It teaches that true yogic ascent is rooted in vairāgya at the inner center, and that mantra-śakti culminates in Manonmanī—where the mind becomes still and the soul turns toward Pati (Śiva) for liberation.

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

The nine Śaktis in the bīja-mantras indicate that Saguna worship (mantra and form) is a disciplined doorway; when matured by detachment, it leads inward to the formless realization signified by Manonmanī, the highest Śakti of absorption in Śiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on the inner lotus: establish vairāgya at its center, recite the relevant bīja-mantras with awareness of Śakti in the directions, and aim for Manonmanī—quieting thought into Shiva-centered stillness.