Shloka 13

संन्यासाचारवर्णनम्

Description of the Conduct and Daily Discipline of Saṃnyāsa

Devanagari script

तृणपर्णैः सदा कुर्यादमामेकादशी विना । अपां द्वादशगण्डूषैर्मुखं संशोधयेत्ततः

Transliteration

tṛṇaparṇaiḥ sadā kuryādamāmekādaśī vinā | apāṃ dvādaśagaṇḍūṣairmukhaṃ saṃśodhayettataḥ

Translation

Dapat niyang laging gawin ang paglilinis gamit ang talim ng damo at mga dahon—maliban sa araw ng amāvāsyā (bagong buwan) at sa Ekādaśī. Pagkaraan, linisin ang bibig sa labindalawang beses na pagmumog ng tubig.

Word by Word

• तृणपर्णैः: with grass and leaves
• तृणपर्णैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण + पर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; instrumental plural

• सदा: always
• सदा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; parasmaipada

• अमाम्: new-moon day (Amāvāsyā)
• अमाम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular

• एकादशी: Ekādaśī (11th lunar day)
• एकादशी: अपादान (Ablative sense with vinā/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular (as excluded item with vinā)

• विना: without, except
• विना: सम्बन्ध (Relational/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गार्थक-अव्यय/निपात (prepositional particle) meaning ‘without’

• अपाम्: of water
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; genitive plural

• द्वादशगण्डूषैः: with twelve mouthfuls/gargles
• द्वादशगण्डूषैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश + गण्डूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; instrumental plural; संख्या-पूर्वपद तत्पुरुष

• मुखम्: mouth
• मुखम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular

• संशोधयेत्: should cleanse/purify
• संशोधयेत्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + शुध्/शोधय् (धातु; causative of √शुध्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb) ‘thereafter/from that’

Speaker

Lord Shiva (teaching Parvati on Shaiva observances and purity)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account; a rule within daily observance: tooth/mouth cleansing with grass/leaves, with exceptions on amāvāsyā and ekādaśī, followed by twelve water rinses.

Significance: Frames bodily restraint and calendrical sensitivity as part of vrata-like discipline that supports purity for Śiva worship.

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 teaches that outer purity supports inner steadiness: disciplined cleansing and restraint prepare the devotee’s body-mind as a fit vessel for Shiva-bhakti and contemplative worship (Pati-realization through regulated pashu-conduct).

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

Before approaching the Shiva-Linga (Saguna Shiva as the accessible form of grace), the devotee adopts prescribed purity practices; such preparation is treated as part of upacāra—honoring the presence of Shiva through reverent readiness.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical pre-puja discipline: cleanse with grass/leaves on suitable days, then rinse the mouth twelve times with water—an achara-based purification that precedes mantra-japa (e.g., the Panchakshara) and Linga-upasana.