Shloka 46

व्यासशौनकादिसंवादः | Vyāsa–Śaunaka and the Sages: Opening Dialogue of the Kailāsa-saṃhitā

Devanagari script

ध्यात्वा हृत्कर्णिकामध्ये साम्बं संसारमोचकम् । प्रहृष्टमानसो भूत्वा व्याजहार महामुनि

Transliteration

dhyātvā hṛtkarṇikāmadhye sāmbaṃ saṃsāramocakam | prahṛṣṭamānaso bhūtvā vyājahāra mahāmuni

Translation

हृत्कर्णिकापद्ममध्ये संसारमोचकं शक्तिसहितं साम्बं शिवं ध्यात्वा, प्रहृष्टमानसो महामुनिः ततः व्याजहार।

Word by Word

• dhyātvā: having meditated
• dhyātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhyai (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), from √dhyai; indeclinable verbal form (avyaya-kriyā) meaning 'having meditated'

• hṛt-karṇikā-madhye: in the middle of the heart-lotus
• hṛt-karṇikā-madhye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛt (प्रातिपदिक) + karṇikā (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); compound used adverbially: 'in the middle of the heart-lotus'; madhya as head; (नपुंसकलिङ्ग assumed for madhya)

• sāmbaṃ: Sāmba (Śiva with Umā)
• sāmbaṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāmba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• saṃsāra-mocakam: the liberator from worldly existence
• saṃsāra-mocakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + mocaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying sāmbaṃ: 'liberator from saṃsāra'

• prahṛṣṭa-mānasaḥ: with a delighted mind
• prahṛṣṭa-mānasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prahṛṣṭa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); bahuvrīhi-like sense 'one whose mind is delighted', but form functions as adjective to subject

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from √bhū; indeclinable verbal form meaning 'having become'

• vyājahāra: spoke / uttered
• vyājahāra: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√hṛ (धातु) with vi-ā prefix; perfect stem jahāra
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• mahā-muniḥ: the great sage
• mahā-muniḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Mahāmuni (the great sage-narrator within the Kailāsa-saṃhitā context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Internalizes the shrine: Sāmba in the heart-lotus as saṃsāra-mocaka; emphasizes that true tīrtha is realized through dhyāna culminating in grace.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shakti
• Sāmba

FAQs

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

It presents inner dhyāna as the doorway to liberation: by contemplating Sāmba (Śiva inseparable from Śakti) in the heart-lotus, the seeker turns inward toward Pati, the remover of pāśa (bondage), and becomes fit to receive liberating instruction.

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

It aligns with Saguna upāsanā by giving a concrete focus—Sāmba in the heart—showing that Linga-worship and external pūjā culminate in internalized worship where Shiva’s presence is realized within consciousness.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Heart-centered meditation (hṛdaya-padma dhyāna) on Shiva with Shakti as the saṃsāra-mocaka; practically, one may combine japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with steady inner visualization in the heart.