Shloka 3

प्रणवार्थपद्धतिवर्णनम्

Methodical Explanation of the Meaning of Praṇava/Om

Devanagari script

संज्ञा सहाशिवादीनां पञ्चोपाधिपरिग्रहात् । उपाधिविनिवृत्तौ तु यथास्वं विनि वर्तते

Transliteration

saṃjñā sahāśivādīnāṃ pañcopādhiparigrahāt | upādhivinivṛttau tu yathāsvaṃ vini vartate

Translation

Ang mga pagtawag na gaya ng “Śiva” at iba pa ay lumilitaw lamang dahil sa pag-ako sa limang upādhi, ang mga naglilimita. Ngunit kapag umurong ang mga upādhi, ang bawat katotohanan ay nagbabalik sa sariling likas na kalagayan.

Word by Word

• saṃjñā: designation/name
• saṃjñā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• saha-āśiva-ādīnām: of (the states) beginning with Āśiva, etc.
• saha-āśiva-ādīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saha + āśiva + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa with saha- (‘along with’): ‘of (those) beginning with Āśiva (and others)’

• pañca-upādhi-parigrahāt: from the taking up of five adjuncts
• pañca-upādhi-parigrahāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca + upādhi + parigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa chain: ‘from the acceptance/assumption of five limiting adjuncts’

• upādhi-vinivṛttau: upon the cessation of adjuncts
• upādhi-vinivṛttau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upādhi + vinivṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: upādheḥ vinivṛttiḥ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• yathāsvam: each according to its own
• yathāsvam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā + sva (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: Avyayībhāva compound used adverbially: ‘according to one’s own (nature/measure)’

• vini: distinctly/fully
• vini: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vini (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्)
• Form: Preverb-like indeclinable (उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय), intensifier with verb

• vartate: exists/occurs/continues
• vartate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Present/लट्, Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (teaching in the Kailāsa-saṃhitā philosophical discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that names and identities function within conditioned experience; when conditioning (upādhi) falls away through right knowledge and inner purification, the being abides in its own true nature—pointing to liberation (moksha) as freedom from superimposition.

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

Linga and Saguna worship provides a sacred support for the mind within the realm of names and forms; by devotion, mantra, and purity, the devotee’s limitations thin out, and realization matures toward the unconditioned truth that the symbols indicate.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Consistent japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha, along with contemplative inquiry into the impermanence of conditioned identities, is implied as a practical path for dissolving upādhis.