Shloka 85

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

नाड्यां प्राणे च विज्ञाने त्व् आनन्दे च यथाक्रमम् हृद्याकाशे य एतस्मिन् सर्वस्मिन्नन्तरे परः

Transliteration

nāḍyāṃ prāṇe ca vijñāne tv ānande ca yathākramam hṛdyākāśe ya etasmin sarvasminnantare paraḥ

Translation

Nas nāḍīs, no prāṇa (sopro vital), no conhecimento, e depois na bem-aventurança—passo a passo—Aquele que habita no espaço do coração (hṛd-ākāśa), o Supremo, permanece como o Transcendente dentro de toda esta experiência interior.

Word by Word

• नाड्याम् (nāḍyām): in the subtle channels

• प्राणे (prāṇe): in the life-breath/vital force

• च (ca): and

• विज्ञाने (vijñāne): in knowledge/cognition/discriminative awareness

• तु (tu): indeed/then

• आनन्दे (ānande): in bliss

• च (ca): and

• यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam): in due order, sequentially

• हृद्याकाशे (hṛdyākāśe): in the ether/space of the heart (inner heart-lotus)

• यः (yaḥ): who

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin): in this

• सर्वस्मिन् (sarvasmin): in all

• अन्तरे (antare): within, in the interior

• परः (paraḥ): the Supreme, beyond.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva yogic teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It internalizes Linga-upāsanā: Shiva (Pati) is to be realized as the Supreme Presence within the heart-space, not only as an external emblem—turning worship into inner absorption through prāṇa and awareness.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is presented as Para (transcendent) yet immanent as the inner indweller across nāḍī, prāṇa, cognition, and bliss—beyond all states while shining within them.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A graded yogic ascent: nāḍī-śuddhi and prāṇa-sādhana leading to refined vijñāna and ānanda, culminating in contemplation of Shiva in the hṛdyākāśa (inner heart-space).