Shloka 9

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्वेदाश् च शास्त्राणि मन्त्रे पञ्चाक्षरे स्थिताः ते नाशं नैव सम्प्राप्ता मच्छक्त्या ह्यनुपालिताः

Transliteration

tasminvedāś ca śāstrāṇi mantre pañcākṣare sthitāḥ te nāśaṃ naiva samprāptā macchaktyā hyanupālitāḥ

Translation

اسی پنچاکشری منتر میں وید اور شاستر قائم ہیں۔ اس لیے وہ کبھی فنا کو نہیں پہنچتے، کیونکہ میری شکتی انہیں سنبھالتی اور محفوظ رکھتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (mantra)

• वेदाः: the Vedas

• च: and

• शास्त्राणि: the Śāstras (authoritative teachings)

• मन्त्रे: in the mantra

• पञ्चाक्षरे: in the five-syllabled (Pañcākṣara, i.e., Namaḥ Śivāya)

• स्थिताः: established/abiding

• ते: they

• नाशम्: destruction/ruin

• नैव: never indeed

• सम्प्राप्ताः: having reached/undergone

• मत्-शक्त्या: by My Śakti (divine power)

• हि: indeed

• अनुपालिताः: protected/maintained.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s teaching on the Pañcākṣara within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shakti
• Vedas
• Shastras
• Pañcākṣara (Namaḥ Śivāya)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It establishes the Pañcākṣara (Namaḥ Śivāya) as the doctrinal core in which Vedic and Śāstric authority rests—making mantra-japa and Linga-pūjā a direct gateway to the living tradition protected by Shiva’s Śakti.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is implied as Pati, the supreme ground of revelation, while His Śakti is the sustaining power that preserves the Vedas and Śāstras—showing Shiva-tattva as inseparable from Śakti in maintaining dharma and liberating the paśu (bound soul).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Pañcākṣara-japa (repetition of Namaḥ Śivāya), integrated with Linga-pūjā and Pāśupata-oriented discipline, is highlighted as the practice through which the seeker aligns with the mantra’s śakti and the scriptural path.