Shloka 20

नन्दिकेश्वरावताराभिषेकविवाहवर्णनम्

Nandikeśvara: Incarnation, Consecration, and Marriage—Description

Devanagari script

यः पञ्चनदमासाद्य स्नात्वा जप्त्वेश्वरेश्वरम् । पूजयेच्छिवसायुज्यं प्रयात्येव न संशयः

Transliteration

yaḥ pañcanadamāsādya snātvā japtveśvareśvaram | pūjayecchivasāyujyaṃ prayātyeva na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ആരെങ്കിലും പഞ്ചനദത്തിലെത്തി അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, ഈശ്വരേശ്വരന്റെ നാമ/മന്ത്രം ജപിച്ച്, അവനെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ—ആ ഭക്തൻ സംശയമില്ലാതെ ശിവസായുജ്യം (ശിവനോടുള്ള ഏകത്വം) പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• पञ्चनदम्: Pañcanada
• पञ्चनदम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + नद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Kriya (क्रिया/preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable); ‘having reached’

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (क्रिया/preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• जप्त्वा: having recited (prayed)
• जप्त्वा: Kriya (क्रिया/preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• ईश्वरेश्वरम्: the Lord of lords
• ईश्वरेश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म/object of japtvā/pūjayet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिवसायुज्यम्: union with Śiva
• शिवसायुज्यम्: Karma (कर्म/result attained)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + सायुज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रयाति: attains/goes to
• प्रयाति: Kriya (क्रिया/result statement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एव: certainly
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता/subject in ‘no doubt’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Śiva Purāṇa to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The tīrtha’s salvific efficacy is stated: reaching Pañcanada, bathing, japa of Īśvareśvara, and worship culminate in Śiva-sāyujya; this functions as the kṣetra’s ‘phala-śruti’.

Significance: Snāna + japa + pūjā at Pañcanada grants Śiva-sāyujya (liberation/union), presented as certain (niścaya).

Mantra Metadata

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that tīrtha-yātrā becomes spiritually complete when joined with śuddhi (sacred bath), japa of the Supreme Lord, and heartfelt pūjā—culminating in Śiva-sāyujya, the liberating nearness/union with Śiva.

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

By naming Īśvareśvara and prescribing pūjā, the verse emphasizes Saguna upāsanā—devotional worship of Śiva as the approachable Lord (often through Liṅga-pūjā)—as a direct means toward liberation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A threefold practice: tīrtha-snāna (purificatory bath), mantra-japa of Śiva (commonly aligned with Pañcākṣarī—"Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), and formal worship (pūjā) offered with devotion.