Shloka 27

साधुवेषद्विजाह्वयावतारकथनम् | Account of the ‘Sādhu-veṣa’ Brahmin-Named Incarnation

Prelude

Devanagari script

इयं मतिस्ते शैलेन्द्र न युक्ता मङ्गलप्रदा । निबोध ज्ञानिनां श्रेष्ठ नारायणकुलोद्भव

Transliteration

iyaṃ matiste śailendra na yuktā maṅgalapradā | nibodha jñānināṃ śreṣṭha nārāyaṇakulodbhava

Translation

హే శైలేంద్రా! నీ ఈ అభిప్రాయం యుక్తమైనది కాదు, మంగళప్రదమూ కాదు. హే జ్ఞానులలో శ్రేష్ఠుడా, నారాయణకులజుడా, దీనిని బాగా గ్రహించు.

Word by Word

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मतिः: thought/idea
• मतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शैलेन्द्र: O lord of mountains
• शैलेन्द्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थः—‘शैलानाम् इन्द्रः’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• युक्ता: proper/appropriate
• युक्ता: Kriya (क्रिया/nominal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘युक्ता’ = suitable/appropriate

• मङ्गल-प्रदा: bestowing auspiciousness
• मङ्गल-प्रदा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष—‘मङ्गलं प्रददाति’

• निबोध: understand/know
• निबोध: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग-नि

• ज्ञानिनाम्: of the wise
• ज्ञानिनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञानिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• श्रेष्ठ: O best
• श्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् संबोधन

• नारायण-कुल-उद्भव: O one born in Nārāyaṇa’s lineage
• नारायण-कुल-उद्भव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘नारायणस्य कुलात् उद्भवः’

Speaker

Lord Shiva (inferred, instructing a revered interlocutor within Shatarudrasaṃhitā’s discourse on Shiva’s supreme forms)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Narayana
• Himalaya

FAQs

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

It teaches that not every seemingly reasonable opinion is spiritually auspicious; right understanding aligned with Shiva’s dharma is what leads to true maṅgala (benefit) and inner upliftment.

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

By emphasizing ‘maṅgala’ and ‘yukti’ (spiritually proper alignment), the verse supports the Shiva Purana’s principle that devotion to Saguna Shiva—especially through Linga-upāsanā done with correct understanding—becomes a sure means for grace and liberation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adopt right view through Shiva-oriented contemplation and steady japa of the Panchākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), supported by traditional purity disciplines like Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa where appropriate.