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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 50

श्रद्धामाहात्म्यं तथा देवीप्रश्नः

The Greatness of Śraddhā and Devī’s Question to Śiva

Devanagari script

मनोमत्प्रवणं चित्तं न मनोमात्रमुच्यते । मन्नामनिरता वाणी वाङ्मता खलु नेतरा । लिंगैर्मच्छासनादिष्टैस्त्रिपुंड्रादिभिरंकितः । ममोपचारनिरतः कायः कायो न चेतरः

Transliteration

manomatpravaṇaṃ cittaṃ na manomātramucyate | mannāmaniratā vāṇī vāṅmatā khalu netarā | liṃgairmacchāsanādiṣṭaistripuṃḍrādibhiraṃkitaḥ | mamopacāranirataḥ kāyaḥ kāyo na cetaraḥ

Translation

Uma mente inclinada para Mim não é chamada de ‘mera mente’. Uma fala absorvida somente no Meu Nome é, de fato, ‘fala’; o restante não é. Um corpo marcado com os emblemas prescritos por Meu mandamento—como o Tripuṇḍra e outros—e dedicado ao Meu serviço ritual: só esse é verdadeiramente ‘corpo’, e não outro.

Word by Word
मनोमत्-प्रवणम्inclined to mere fancy
मनोमत्-प्रवणम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमनोमत्-प्रवण (प्रातिपदिक; components: मनोमत् (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रवण (प्रातिपदिक))
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘inclined to one’s mind/whim’
चित्तम्mind
चित्तम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)
मनोमात्रम्mere mental (only)
मनोमात्रम्:
Karma (कर्म) / predicate complement
TypeAdjective
Rootमनो-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक; components: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक))
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘mere mind/only mental’
उच्यतेis called/said
उच्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive)
मत्-नाम-निरताdevoted to my name
मत्-नाम-निरता:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत्-नाम-निरत (प्रातिपदिक; components: मत् (सर्वनाम) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + निरत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक))
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘devoted to my name’
वाणीspeech
वाणी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
वाक्-मता(truly) speech-oriented
वाक्-मता:
Karta (कर्ता) / predicate-adjective
TypeAdjective
Rootवाक्-मत (प्रातिपदिक; components: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक) + मत (प्रातिपदिक))
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘having (true) speech/word-minded’
खलुindeed
खलु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootखलु (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic/assurance particle)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-निपात
इतराother (than that)
इतरा:
Karta (कर्ता) / predicate
TypeAdjective
Rootइतर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘other (speech)’
लिङ्गैःby marks/signs
लिङ्गैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन
मत्-शासन-आदिष्टैःenjoined by my injunction
मत्-शासन-आदिष्टैः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत्-शासन-आदिष्ट (कृदन्त; components: मत् (सर्वनाम) + शासन (प्रातिपदिक) + आदिष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त))
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; ‘enjoined by my command’
त्रिपुण्ड्र-आदिभिःwith tripuṇḍra and the like
त्रिपुण्ड्र-आदिभिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिपुण्ड्र-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; components: त्रिपुण्ड्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक))
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; ‘with tripuṇḍra etc.’
अङ्कितःmarked
अङ्कितः:
Karta (कर्ता) / predicate-adjective
TypeAdjective
Rootअङ्क् (धातु) → अङ्कित (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘marked/adorned’
ममof me/my
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6), एकवचन (genitive singular)
उपचार-निरतःengaged in my service
उपचार-निरतः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउपचार-निरत (प्रातिपदिक; components: उपचार (प्रातिपदिक) + निरत (प्रातिपदिक))
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘engaged in service/attentive worship’
कायःbody
कायः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकाय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
कायः(true) body (i.e., proper bodily conduct)
कायः:
Karta (कर्ता) / predicate-noun
TypeNoun
Rootकाय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-निपात
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
इतरःother (than that)
इतरः:
Karta (कर्ता) / predicate
TypeAdjective
Rootइतर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘other (body)’
Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: (implicit) namaḥ śivāya / mannāma

Type: panchakshara

Characters & Entities
S
Shiva
L
Linga
T
Tripundra

FAQs

It defines inner and outer authenticity in Shaiva life: the mind becomes truly ‘mind’ when oriented to Pati (Shiva), speech becomes truly ‘speech’ when it rests in Shiva-Nama, and the body becomes truly ‘body’ when it is consecrated through prescribed Shaiva disciplines like Tripundra and worship (upacara).

By stressing Shiva’s ‘emblems’ and commanded observances, the verse supports Saguna worship through the Linga and visible Shaiva identifiers (Tripundra), teaching that external marks are meaningful when they express real inner devotion and service to Shiva.

Regular Shiva-Nama japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma marks) as a Shaiva vow, and performing Shiva-upacara (daily worship/service to the Linga) with a mind steadily inclined to Shiva.

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