Shloka 30

प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः

The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava

Devanagari script

सा हि साक्षाच्छिवैक्येन जीवन्मुक्तिफलप्रदा । सर्व्वोत्तमा हि विज्ञेया निर्विकारा यतात्म नाम्

Transliteration

sā hi sākṣācchivaikyena jīvanmuktiphalapradā | sarvvottamā hi vijñeyā nirvikārā yatātma nām

Translation

ญาณนั้นย่อมประทานผลแห่งชีวันมุกติ โดยความเป็นหนึ่งกับพระศิวะโดยตรง เป็นคำสอนสูงสุด คงที่ไร้ความแปรเปลี่ยน สำหรับผู้สำรวมตน

Word by Word

• सा: she/that (practice)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• साक्षात्: directly
• साक्षात्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (directly)

• शिव-ऐक्येन: by oneness with Śiva
• शिव-ऐक्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + ऐक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य ऐक्यम्)

• जीवत्-मुक्ति-फल-प्रदा: bestowing the fruit of liberation while living
• जीवत्-मुक्ति-फल-प्रदा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवत् (कृदन्त; √जीव् (धातु) शतृ) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक; √दा (धातु) + ण्वुल्/प्रद)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (जीवन्मुक्तेः फलम् प्रददाति)

• सर्व-उत्तमा: the सर्वोत्तम / the best of all
• सर्व-उत्तमा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वेषु उत्तमा)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• विज्ञेया: is to be known
• विज्ञेया: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—तव्यत्/अनीयर्-अर्थक (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘to be known/should be known’

• निर्विकारा: unchanging
• निर्विकारा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + विकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपसर्ग-पूर्वक विशेषण

• यत-आत्मनाम्: of the self-controlled (persons)
• यत-आत्मनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत (कृदन्त; √यम् (धातु) + क्त) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (यतः आत्मा येषाम्)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasa Samhita teachings to the sages, summarizing the highest Shaiva doctrine of liberation)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares that the highest Shaiva teaching is direct Shiva-oneness, which yields jīvanmukti (liberation while living) for the disciplined seeker, pointing to the changeless (nirvikāra) reality realized by grace and inner restraint.

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

Linga and Saguna worship purify the mind and steady devotion; this verse highlights the culmination—realizing Shiva’s non-changing essence—where worship matures into direct recognition of Shiva as the ultimate reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice self-restraint (yama-niyama), steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and Shiva-dhyāna aimed at inner stillness so the seeker becomes fit for the direct realization of Shiva-oneness.