Shloka 47

Sadācāra–Varṇa-lakṣaṇa and Prātaḥkṛtya

Right Conduct, Social Typologies, and Morning Purification

Devanagari script

आसप्ततेस्तु नियमं पश्चात्प्रव्राजनं चरेत् । प्रातर्द्वादशसाहस्रं प्रव्राजीप्रणवं जपेत्

Transliteration

āsaptatestu niyamaṃ paścātpravrājanaṃ caret | prātardvādaśasāhasraṃ pravrājīpraṇavaṃ japet

Translation

จนถึงอายุเจ็ดสิบปีพึงรักษานิยมและวัตรอย่างเคร่งครัด; ครั้นแล้วจึงดำเนินชีวิตแห่งการออกบวช (ปรวรัชยา/สันยาส). สันยาสีในยามเช้าพึงสวดภาวนา “ปรณวะ” (โอม) สิบสองพันจบ.

Word by Word

आup to, until

सप्ततेःof seventy (days)

तुbut, indeed

नियमम्observance, rule, discipline

पश्चात्afterwards

प्रव्राजनम्going forth (renunciation/pravrajyā)

चरेत्should practice/undertake

प्रातर्in the morning

द्वादशसाहस्रम्twelve thousand (times)

प्रव्राजीप्रणवम्the praṇava (Oṃ) of the renunciant

जपेत्should recite (mentally), should chant

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Characters & Entities

Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents a Shaiva path of life: disciplined niyamas culminating in renunciation, where steady Praṇava-japa purifies the soul (paśu) and turns it toward Pati (Shiva) for liberation.

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

While Linga worship is a central Saguna practice, this verse emphasizes the inner worship that supports it—Praṇava-japa—leading the mind from outer ritual to direct contemplation of Shiva as the supreme reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Morning japa of the Praṇava (Oṁ), ideally undertaken with renunciate discipline—regulated conduct, purity, and concentrated repetition as a daily sadhana.