Shloka 15

प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः

The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava

Devanagari script

तस्य देवाधिदेवस्य मूर्त्तिस्साक्षात्सदाशिवः । पञ्चमंत्रतनुर्देवः कलापञ्चकविग्रहः

Transliteration

tasya devādhidevasya mūrttissākṣātsadāśivaḥ | pañcamaṃtratanurdevaḥ kalāpañcakavigrahaḥ

Translation

اُس دیوادھی دیو کی ظاہر مُورت ساکشات سداشیو ہے—جس کا تن پانچ مقدّس منتروں سے بنا ہے اور جس کا وِگرہ پانچ کلاؤں سے مرکّب ہے۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him; of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन (of him/that)

• देवाधिदेवस्य: of the God over gods
• देवाधिदेवस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + अधिदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवानाम् अधिदेवः (over-god of the gods)

• मूर्तिः: the embodiment; form
• मूर्तिः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• साक्षात्: directly; manifestly
• साक्षात्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: directly/manifestly)

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: विधेय (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: सदा शिवः (ever-auspicious)

• पञ्चमन्त्रतनुः: one whose body is the five mantras
• पञ्चमन्त्रतनुः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + मन्त्र + तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: पञ्चमन्त्राणां तनुः (whose body is the five mantras)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कलापञ्चकविग्रहः: having the form of the five kalās
• कलापञ्चकविग्रहः: विधेय (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला + पञ्चक + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: कलापञ्चकस्य विग्रहः (having the form of the set of five kalās)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: oṃ namaḥ śivāya

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sadashiva

FAQs

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

It declares that the supreme Lord (Devādhideva) is directly present as Sadāśiva, and that His approachable, worship-worthy manifestation is inseparable from mantra and divine power—showing mantra as a living embodiment of Pati (Shiva) who grants liberation.

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

By identifying Sadāśiva as the Lord’s ‘mūrti’ (manifest form), it supports Saguna worship: Shiva is worshipped through a concrete embodiment—often the Liṅga—while recognizing that this form is filled with mantra and kalā (divine potency), not merely material shape.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Mantra-upāsanā is primary: regular japa of the Shaiva fivefold mantra tradition (centered in practice on the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with dhyāna on Sadāśiva as mantra-maya (made of mantra) is the key takeaway.