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Shloka 10

प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः

The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava

यस्य भासो विभातीदञ्जगत्सर्वं समन्ततः । सर्व्वैश्वर्य्येण सम्पन्नो नाम्ना सर्व्वेश्वरस्स्वयम्

yasya bhāso vibhātīdañjagatsarvaṃ samantataḥ | sarvvaiśvaryyeṇa sampanno nāmnā sarvveśvarassvayam

جس کی تجلی سے یہ سارا جہان ہر سمت روشن ہے—وہ تمام الٰہی اقتداروں سے مالامال، خود ‘سرویشور’ کے نام سے معروف، سب کا مالک ہے۔

yasyawhose
yasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन
bhāsaḥrays/splendours
bhāsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbhās (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (or singular in some readings); here: ‘lights/rays’ as subject
vibhātishines forth/illuminates
vibhāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√bhā (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: वि (vi)
idamthis
idam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here with jagat: ‘this’
jagatworld/universe
jagat:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
sarvamall/entire
sarvam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; जगत्-विशेषण
samantataḥon all sides/everywhere
samantataḥ:
Deśa (देश/place adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsamantatas (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place) — ‘सर्वतः/चारुतः’
sarva-aiśvaryeṇawith all lordly powers/with complete sovereignty
sarva-aiśvaryeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘सर्वम् ऐश्वर्यम्’ → ‘सर्वैश्वर्यम्’; तृतीया (3rd case, instrumental), एकवचन
sampannaḥendowed/possessed
sampannaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam + √pad (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; अर्थ: ‘युक्तः/समृद्धः’
nāmnāby name
nāmnā:
Karaṇa (करण/instrumental—designation)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; ‘नाम्ना’ = ‘by name/as named’
sarva-īśvaraḥLord of all
sarva-īśvaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास: ‘सर्वेषाम् ईश्वरः’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
svayamhimself
svayam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphatic adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvayam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable) — स्वयम् (oneself, personally)

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailāsa-saṃhitā discourse to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Type: stotra

Role: nurturing

Offering: dipa

S
Shiva

FAQs

It declares Shiva as Pati (the Supreme Lord) whose conscious radiance enables the world to appear and function; recognizing Him as the inner light supports detachment from pāśa (bondage) and turns the seeker toward liberation.

The Linga is revered as the sign of the all-pervading Lord whose light sustains the cosmos; Saguna worship focuses the mind on Sarveśvara’s sovereignty, while pointing ultimately to His transcendent, all-illuminating nature.

Meditate on Shiva as the light behind all perception and repeat the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with steady awareness; this aligns devotion (bhakti) with inner contemplation (dhyāna) of Sarveśvara.