Shloka 30

प्रणवार्थपद्धतिवर्णनम्

Methodical Explanation of the Meaning of Praṇava/Om

Devanagari script

षण्मासे वत्सरे वापि चातुर्मास्यादिपर्वणि । अवश्यञ्च समभ्यर्चेन्नित्यं मल्लिङ्गमास्तिकः

Transliteration

ṣaṇmāse vatsare vāpi cāturmāsyādiparvaṇi | avaśyañca samabhyarcennityaṃ malliṅgamāstikaḥ

Translation

ఆరు నెలలు పూర్తైనప్పుడు గానీ, ఒక సంవత్సరం గానీ, చాతుర్మాస్యాది పర్వదినాలలో గానీ—ఆస్తిక భక్తుడు నా లింగాన్ని తప్పక సమ్యకంగా అర్చించాలి; నిత్యమూ భక్తితో పూజించాలి.

Word by Word

• षण्मासे: in six months / at the six-month (interval)
• षण्मासे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्-मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (षण्णां मासानां समाहारः)

• वत्सरे: in a year
• वत्सरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Nipata (निपात/Disjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (or)

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Nipata (निपात/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि (also/even)

• चातुर्मास्य-आदि-पर्वणि: on festivals such as the Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्य-आदि-पर्वणि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Occasion-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य + आदि + पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (चातुर्मास्यादीनि पर्वाणि)

• अवश्यम्: certainly / necessarily
• अवश्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (necessarily)

• च: and
• च: Nipata (निपात/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• समभ्यर्चेत्: one should duly worship
• समभ्यर्चेत्: Vidhi (विधि/Instruction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अभि-अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (daily/always)

• मत्-लिङ्गम्: my liṅga (Śiva-liṅga)
• मत्-लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम लिङ्गम्)

• आस्तिकः: a believer / the faithful person
• आस्तिकः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Emphasizes nitya and naimittika liṅga-arcana as a direct means to receive Śiva’s grace (anugraha) and maintain sambandha; festival observances (cāturmāsya) intensify merit and purification.

Mantra Metadata

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga

FAQs

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

It teaches that steady, time-bound devotion—daily worship supported by periodic sacred observances—keeps the devotee aligned with Pati (Shiva), loosening pāśa (bondage) through disciplined bhakti and divine grace.

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

The Liṅga is Saguna Shiva’s compassionate, worship-accessible form; by honoring it daily and on parva-days like Cāturmāsya, the devotee maintains continuous relationship with Shiva while being led toward the higher, transcendent reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform nitya-liṅga pūjā and add special worship on Cāturmāsya and other festivals—typically with abhiṣeka, offerings, and japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), supported by purity and sincerity.