Shloka 30

Kāla-vañcana (Overcoming/Outwitting Time) and the Pañcabhūta Basis of the Body

Devanagari script

एष ते कथितो देवि शब्दब्रह्मविधिक्रमः । पलालमिव धान्यार्थी त्यजेद्बन्धमशेषतः

Transliteration

eṣa te kathito devi śabdabrahmavidhikramaḥ | palālamiva dhānyārthī tyajedbandhamaśeṣataḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่เทวี วิธีและลำดับแห่งการบรรลุ “ศัพทพรหมัน” ได้อธิบายแก่ท่านแล้ว; ดุจผู้แสวงหาเมล็ดข้าวย่อมทิ้งแกลบ ฉันนั้นพึงสละพันธนาการทั้งปวงโดยสิ้นเชิง।

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative/4th) एकवचन (enclitic form)

• कथितः: has been told
• कथितः: Karta (कर्ता; grammatical subject in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + इत (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्मणि प्रयोग

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• शब्दब्रह्मविधिक्रमः: the procedural order of the Śabda-brahman rule
• शब्दब्रह्मविधिक्रमः: Karta (कर्ता; apposition to एषः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्दब्रह्म + विधि + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative chain: ‘procedure/order of the rule of Śabda-brahman’), प्रथमा एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• पलालम्: chaff, straw
• पलालम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पलाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• इव: like, as
• इव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• धान्यार्थी: a seeker of grain
• धान्यार्थी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (purpose/goal: ‘one who seeks grain’), प्रथमा एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• त्यजेत्: should abandon
• त्यजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• बन्धम्: bondage, attachment
• बन्धम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• अशेषतः: entirely, without remainder
• अशेषतः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: wholly)

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?

It frames mantra-realization (Śabda-Brahman) as a practical, staged discipline whose fruit is vairāgya and total release from pāśa—bondage that obscures the soul (paśu) from the Lord (Pati).

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

Śabda-Brahman commonly unfolds through devotion to Saguna Shiva—especially Linga worship and mantra-japa—where sound, form, and worship converge, culminating in inner detachment and turning toward Shiva as the supreme Reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Steady mantra-japa (notably the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with disciplined renunciation—keeping what leads to realization and discarding attachments like chaff—supported by Shaiva observances such as worship, purity, and focused meditation.