Shloka 19

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

मेध्या स्वनारी सम्भोगं कृत्वा स्नानं समाचरेत् एवं गृहस्थो युक्तात्मा ब्रह्मचारी न संशयः

Transliteration

medhyā svanārī sambhogaṃ kṛtvā snānaṃ samācaret evaṃ gṛhastho yuktātmā brahmacārī na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

मेध्या स्वनारीसम्भोगं कृत्वा स्नानं समाचरेत्। एवं गृहस्थो युक्तात्मा ब्रह्मचारी न संशयः॥

Word by Word

• मेध्या (medhyā): purified/fit for ritual purity

• स्वनारी (svanārī): one’s own wife

• सम्भोगं (sambhogaṃ): conjugal union

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā): having done

• स्नानं (snānaṃ): bathing/ritual bath

• समाचरेत् (samācaret): should properly perform

• एवं (evaṃ): thus

• गृहस्थः (gṛhasthaḥ): householder

• युक्तात्मा (yuktātmā): disciplined/collected in mind, yoked to yoga

• ब्रह्मचारी (brahmacārī): one established in brahmacarya (continence/regulated conduct)

• न (na): not

• संशयः (saṃśayaḥ): doubt.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the dharma-teaching within the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It sets a purity rule (snāna after conjugal activity) that qualifies a householder for approaching Shiva’s Linga with śauca, making worship fit and uninterrupted by impurity.

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

By implying that approach to Pati (Shiva) requires inner yama-niyama and outward śauca, it reflects Shiva-tattva as the pure Lord who is attained through disciplined, sattvic conduct rather than mere external status.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Snāna (ritual bathing) as śauca, and brahmacarya understood as regulated conduct—so a gṛhastha can remain yuktātmā (yoga-aligned) while living a lawful life.