Shloka 10

प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः

The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava

Devanagari script

यस्य भासो विभातीदञ्जगत्सर्वं समन्ततः । सर्व्वैश्वर्य्येण सम्पन्नो नाम्ना सर्व्वेश्वरस्स्वयम्

Transliteration

yasya bhāso vibhātīdañjagatsarvaṃ samantataḥ | sarvvaiśvaryyeṇa sampanno nāmnā sarvveśvarassvayam

Translation

Dengan sinar-Nya, seluruh alam semesta ini bersinar dari segenap penjuru. Dia, yang sempurna dengan segala kedaulatan ilahi, dikenali dengan nama Sarveśvara—Tuhan bagi sekalian makhluk.

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• bhāsaḥ: rays/splendours
• bhāsaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhās (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (or singular in some readings); here: ‘lights/rays’ as subject

• vibhāti: shines forth/illuminates
• vibhāti: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: वि (vi)

• idam: this
• idam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here with jagat: ‘this’

• jagat: world/universe
• jagat: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; जगत्-विशेषण

• samantataḥ: on all sides/everywhere
• samantataḥ: Deśa (देश/place adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantatas (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place) — ‘सर्वतः/चारुतः’

• sarva-aiśvaryeṇa: with all lordly powers/with complete sovereignty
• sarva-aiśvaryeṇa: Karaṇa (करण/instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘सर्वम् ऐश्वर्यम्’ → ‘सर्वैश्वर्यम्’; तृतीया (3rd case, instrumental), एकवचन

• sampannaḥ: endowed/possessed
• sampannaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √pad (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; अर्थ: ‘युक्तः/समृद्धः’

• nāmnā: by name
• nāmnā: Karaṇa (करण/instrumental—designation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; ‘नाम्ना’ = ‘by name/as named’

• sarva-īśvaraḥ: Lord of all
• sarva-īśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘सर्वेषाम् ईश्वरः’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphatic adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable) — स्वयम् (oneself, personally)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailāsa-saṃhitā discourse to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares Shiva as Pati (the Supreme Lord) whose conscious radiance enables the world to appear and function; recognizing Him as the inner light supports detachment from pāśa (bondage) and turns the seeker toward liberation.

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

The Linga is revered as the sign of the all-pervading Lord whose light sustains the cosmos; Saguna worship focuses the mind on Sarveśvara’s sovereignty, while pointing ultimately to His transcendent, all-illuminating nature.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the light behind all perception and repeat the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with steady awareness; this aligns devotion (bhakti) with inner contemplation (dhyāna) of Sarveśvara.