Shloka 34

अद्वैतशैवसिद्धान्ते पुरुष-प्रकृति-विचारः

Puruṣa–Prakṛti Analysis in Advaita Śaiva Doctrine

Devanagari script

सर्वं ब्रह्मेत्युपासीत सर्वं वै रुद्र इत्यपि । श्रुतिराह मुने तस्मात्प्रपञ्चात्मा सदाशिवः

Transliteration

sarvaṃ brahmetyupāsīta sarvaṃ vai rudra ityapi | śrutirāha mune tasmātprapañcātmā sadāśivaḥ

Translation

Следует созерцать и почитать истину так: «Всё есть Брахман», и также: «Всё воистину есть Рудра». Так возвещает Шрути, о мудрец; потому Садашива — само Я проявленной вселенной (прапанча).

Word by Word

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; "everything"

• brahma: Brahman
• brahma: Karma (कर्म/Object complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; "Brahman"

• iti: thus
• iti: Vacanaprayojaka (वचनप्रयोजक/Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-शब्द (quotative particle)

• upāsīta: should worship/meditate
• upāsīta: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa+ās (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; "should worship/meditate upon"

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक/अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• rudraḥ: Rudra
• rudraḥ: Karma (कर्म/Object complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; "Rudra"

• iti: thus
• iti: Vacanaprayojaka (वचनप्रयोजक/Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-शब्द (quotative particle)

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि (also/even)

• śrutiḥ: the Śruti (Veda)
• śrutiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; "Śruti/Veda"

• āha: declared
• āha: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; "said"

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; "O sage"

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (therefore/from that)

• prapañca-ātmā: whose essence is the cosmos
• prapañca-ātmā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prapañca + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: यस्य आत्मा प्रपञ्चः = "whose essence is the manifested world"

• sadāśivaḥ: Sadāśiva
• sadāśivaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadāśiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; "Sadāśiva"

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: sarvaṃ brahmetyupāsīta / sarvaṃ vai rudra ityapi

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Sadashiva
• Brahman
• Shruti

FAQs

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

It affirms a Śaiva reading of Śruti: the Absolute (Brahman) is to be realized as Rudra, and Sadāśiva is the indwelling reality of the entire cosmos—supporting liberation through God-centered knowledge (jñāna) and devotion (bhakti).

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

By declaring “all is Rudra,” the verse legitimizes Saguna worship (such as Liṅga-upāsanā) as a direct approach to the same supreme reality—seeing the Liṅga as the accessible sign of the all-pervading Sadāśiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is Rudra-bhāvanā: meditate that all experiences and beings are pervaded by Rudra, supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while maintaining Śiva-smarana during daily actions.