Shloka 33

शिवस्य पञ्चब्रह्मावतारवर्णनम्

Description of Shiva’s Pañcabrahma Avatāras

Devanagari script

तथाविधः स भगवानीशानः परमेश्वरः । शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशः सर्वाभरणभूषितः

Transliteration

tathāvidhaḥ sa bhagavānīśānaḥ parameśvaraḥ | śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

Translation

അത്തരം ഭഗവാൻ ഈശാനൻ പരമേശ്വരൻ—ശുദ്ധസ്ഫടികംപോലെ ദീപ്തനും സർവ്വാഭരണങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കൃതനും ആകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• tathā-vidhaḥ: such (of that kind)
• tathā-vidhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tathā (अव्यय) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (tathāvidha = 'of such a kind'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• īśānaḥ: Īśāna (the Ruler)
• īśānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to bhagavān

• parameśvaraḥ: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (parama īśvara), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śuddha-sphaṭika-saṃkāśaḥ: resembling pure crystal
• śuddha-sphaṭika-saṃkāśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक) + sphaṭika (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (śuddhasphaṭikasya saṃkāśaḥ = like pure crystal), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of parameśvaraḥ

• sarva-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitaḥ: adorned with all ornaments
• sarva-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + ābharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + √bhūṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (sarvābharaṇaiḥ bhūṣitaḥ = adorned with all ornaments), कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Īśāna as Parameśvara in a luminous, pure form—showing that Shiva’s saguna manifestation is a compassionate, graspable revelation of the transcendent (Pati) for the devotee’s contemplation and grace.

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

The verse supports saguna-upāsanā: devotees may meditate on Shiva’s auspicious, ornamented form or worship the Linga as his accessible presence, through which the formless supreme is approached and realized.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Dhyāna (visualization) of Shiva as crystal-radiant Īśāna during japa of the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” optionally with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as aids to steadiness and devotion.