Shloka 21

मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे षष्ठ्यां कैलाससंहितायां यतीनान्मरणानन्तरदशाहपर्य्यंतकृत्यवर्णनन्नामैकविंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kailāsasaṃhitāyāṃ yatīnānmaraṇānantaradaśāhaparyyaṃtakṛtyavarṇanannāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon, sa Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, sa Ikaanim na Aklat—ang Kailāsa Saṃhitā—nagtatapos ang ikadalawampu’t isang kabanata, na pinamagatang: “Paglalarawan ng mga ritwal na dapat isagawa para sa mga yati mula kaagad pagkalipas ng kamatayan hanggang sa ikasampung araw.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; iti-śabda (quotative/closing particle)

• śrī-śiva-mahā-purāṇe: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-śiva-mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Saptamī (Locative/7th), Ekavacana; multi-member tatpuruṣa (in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa)

• ṣaṣṭhyām: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhyām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of saṃhitāyām)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Saptamī (Locative/7th), Ekavacana; ordinal adjective (in the sixth)

• kailāsa-saṃhitāyām: in the Kailāsa-saṃhitā
• kailāsa-saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Saptamī (Locative/7th), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (Kailāsa-saṃhitā)

• yatīnām: of ascetics
• yatīnām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/6th), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• maraṇa-anantara-daśāha-paryanta-kṛtya-varṇanam-nāma: named 'description of rites up to the ten-day period after death (of ascetics)'
• maraṇa-anantara-daśāha-paryanta-kṛtya-varṇanam-nāma: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Title-apposition to adhyāyaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + anantara (प्रातिपदिक) + daśāha (प्रातिपदिक) + paryanta (प्रातिपदik) + kṛtya (प्रातिपदik) + varṇana (प्रातिपदik) + nāman (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana; bahu-padī tatpuruṣa used as chapter-title compound; 'nāma' as title-marker

• eka-viṃśaḥ: twenty-first
• eka-viṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of adhyāyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana; dvigu-saṃjñā (numerical compound = twenty-one)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

This is the chapter-colophon, marking the completion of a teaching on the ten-day post-death observances for renunciants; it frames such rites as dharma aligned to Śiva, supporting purity, orderly transition, and remembrance of Pati (Śiva) as the final refuge.

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

Though not naming liṅga-worship directly, the chapter title situates death-rites within a Śaiva devotional worldview where Saguna Śiva (as the compassionate Lord) is invoked as the protector of the departed and the bestower of auspicious passage toward liberation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to prescribed kṛtyas (rites) spanning the period up to the tenth day for a yati; in Śaiva practice this typically includes remembrance of Śiva, mantra-japa (often the Pañcākṣarī), and maintaining śuddhi (purity) in accordance with the tradition’s rules.