Shloka 2

Pañcatattva-Pūjā: The Fivefold Vyuha of Hari, Mantras, Nyāsa, Maṇḍala, and Stotra

Devanagari script

हरिरुवाच / पञ्चतत्त्वार्चनं वक्ष्ये तव शङ्कर सुव्रत / मङ्गल्यं मङ्गलं दिव्यं रहस्यं कामदं परम्

Transliteration

hariruvāca / pañcatattvārcanaṃ vakṣye tava śaṅkara suvrata / maṅgalyaṃ maṅgalaṃ divyaṃ rahasyaṃ kāmadaṃ param

Translation

हरिरुवाच—शङ्कर सुव्रत, तव पञ्चतत्त्वार्चनं वक्ष्ये; मङ्गल्यं मङ्गलं दिव्यं, रहस्यं कामदं परम्।

Word by Word

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पञ्चतत्त्वार्चनम्: worship of the five principles
• पञ्चतत्त्वार्चनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च-तत्त्व-अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + तत्त्व + अर्चन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पञ्चानां तत्त्वानाम् अर्चनम्)

• वक्ष्ये: I shall explain
• वक्ष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: to you / your
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शङ्कर: O Shankara
• शङ्कर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक; सु + व्रत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शङ्करस्य)

• मङ्गल्यम्: auspicious
• मङ्गल्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मङ्गल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पञ्चतत्त्वार्चनस्य)

• मङ्गलम्: beneficial, auspicious
• मङ्गलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• रहस्यम्: secret (teaching)
• रहस्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कामदम्: wish-fulfilling
• कामदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामद (प्रातिपदिक; काम + द)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (कामं ददाति इति)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (Hari)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Pañcatattvārchana as a secret, supremely auspicious mode of worship that yields desired attainments.

Vedantic Theme: Saguna-upasana as a doorway to the One Reality; ritual as a support for inner purification and grace.

Application: Undertake disciplined worship of the fivefold divine principle with purity, secrecy (guarding sanctity), and steady vows.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.32.3-6 (oneness of Paramatman; fivefold manifestation)

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the importance of pañcatattva worship in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames pañcatattvārcana as a highly auspicious, divine, and esoteric practice that yields powerful results—presented as a key ritual teaching within the text’s conduct-and-worship instructions.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul in the Garuda Purana?

Indirectly: it introduces a sacred discipline (arcana) said to be supremely auspicious and spiritually efficacious, implying that correct worship and dharmic practice support higher welfare and ultimate aims rather than describing the post-death journey here.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Approach worship as disciplined practice: keep vows (suvrata), prioritize auspicious and ethical conduct, and learn authentic ritual principles from qualified tradition before adopting “secret” methods.