Shloka 28

संन्यासमण्डलविधिवर्णनम्

Sannyāsa Maṇḍala Vidhi—Procedure for the Renunciate Mandala

Devanagari script

सर्वोर्द्ध्वपंक्त्यधः पंक्तौ समारभ्य च सुन्दरि । पीतं श्वेतं च रक्तं च कृष्णं चेति चतुष्टयम्

Transliteration

sarvorddhvapaṃktyadhaḥ paṃktau samārabhya ca sundari | pītaṃ śvetaṃ ca raktaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ceti catuṣṭayam

Translation

ఓ సుందరీ, పైయైన వరుసకు దిగువ వరుస నుండి ప్రారంభించి నాలుగు సమూహం ఉంది—పీతం, శ్వేతం, రక్తం, కృష్ణం।

Word by Word

• सर्व: all/entire
• सर्व: विशेषण (viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (used adverbially: ‘entirely/wholly’)

• ऊर्ध्व: above/upper
• ऊर्ध्व: अधिकरण-विशेषण (location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे (directional), अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः

• पङ्क्ति: row/line
• पङ्क्ति: सम्बन्ध (ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पङ्क्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (in compound relation with ऊर्ध्व)

• अधः: below
• अधः: अधिकरण (place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• पङ्क्तौ: in the row
• पङ्क्तौ: अधिकरण (adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पङ्क्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• समारभ्य: starting (from)
• समारभ्य: क्रियाविशेषण (kriyā-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having begun/starting’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुन्दरि: O beautiful one
• सुन्दरि: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• पीतम्: yellow
• पीतम्: कर्म/विधेय (object/predicative item)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्वेतम्: white
• श्वेतम्: कर्म/विधेय (object/predicative item)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• रक्तम्: red
• रक्तम्: कर्म/विधेय (object/predicative item)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कृष्णम्: black
• कृष्णम्: कर्म/विधेय (object/predicative item)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative/marker)

• चतुष्टयम्: a set of four
• चतुष्टयम्: विधेय (predicate/collective)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुष्टय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse highlights a structured fourfold classification (yellow, white, red, black), suggesting that Shiva’s worship and yogic symbolism often uses ordered categories to guide the devotee from outer discipline toward inner purity and liberation (moksha) under Pati (Shiva).

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

In Saguna Shiva worship, ordered features such as colors, materials, or ritual divisions are used to focus the mind (bhakti with discipline). Such classifications support steadiness in Linga-upasana, where form-based aids lead the devotee toward realizing Shiva as the supreme Pati beyond all forms.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests attentive adherence to prescribed ritual order and symbolic categories (such as color-based groupings) used in Shaiva practice; this complements mantra-japa (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and meditative concentration during Linga worship.