Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पुनः प्रयांति संपूर्णास्ताश्च देहं समंततः । ततस्स नाडीमध्यस्थश्शरीरेणात्मना रसः

Transliteration

punaḥ prayāṃti saṃpūrṇāstāśca dehaṃ samaṃtataḥ | tatassa nāḍīmadhyasthaśśarīreṇātmanā rasaḥ

Translation

ପୁନଃ ଯେତେବେଳେ ସେମାନେ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହୁଅନ୍ତି, ସମସ୍ତ ଦିଗରେ ଦେହମଧ୍ୟରେ ପ୍ରସାରିତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି। ତାପରେ ନାଡୀମଧ୍ୟସ୍ଥ ପ୍ରାଣରସ ଆତ୍ମରୂପେ ଶରୀରକୁ ବ୍ୟାପି ଦେହୀର ଅନ୍ତଃସାର ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb

• प्रयान्ति: go forth; proceed
• प्रयान्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural; with preverb pra-

• सम्पूर्णाः: fully filled/complete
• सम्पूर्णाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sampūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agreeing with ‘tāḥ’ (nāḍyaḥ implied)

• ताः: those (nāḍīs)
• ताः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction (समुच्चय)

• देहम्: the body
• देहम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• समन्ततः: from all sides; all around
• समन्ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning ‘on all sides’

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: Avyaya (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), adverb ‘thereupon/from that’

• सः: he/that (rasa)
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• नाडी-मध्य-स्थः: situated in the middle of the nāḍīs
• नाडी-मध्य-स्थः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nāḍī + madhya + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः: नाडीमध्यस्थ (तत्पुरुष)

• शरीरेण: by/through the body
• शरीरेण: Karana (करण/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• आत्मना: by itself; by its own self
• आत्मना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; reflexive sense ‘by itself/through its own nature’

• रसः: the essence-fluid (rasa)
• रसः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Uma-saṃhitā teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It points to the Shaiva-yogic view that when inner energies mature and become balanced, the life-essence (rasa/prāṇa) stabilizes in the nāḍī-system and pervades the whole body, making the sādhaka fit for Shiva-realization (Pati-jñāna) beyond bondage (pāśa).

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

Linga-worship is paired with inner purification: as devotion and discipline refine the subtle channels, the practitioner’s embodied awareness becomes a proper vessel to meditate on Saguna Shiva in the Linga and gradually turn inward toward the supreme reality of Shiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is nāḍī-śuddhi (breath regulation) combined with japa of Shiva-mantra (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), supporting the harmonization of prāṇa so it can pervade the body steadily for meditation.