Shloka 33

प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः

The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava

Devanagari script

तत्समीपमुपव्रज्य यथाविधि विचक्षणः । दीर्घदण्डप्रणामाद्यैस्तोषयेद्यत्नतस्सुधीः

Transliteration

tatsamīpamupavrajya yathāvidhi vicakṣaṇaḥ | dīrghadaṇḍapraṇāmādyaistoṣayedyatnatassudhīḥ

Translation

اس کے قریب جا کر، سمجھدار اور دانا سالک کو مقررہ طریقے کے مطابق دَندَوَت (لمبے ڈنڈے کی مانند) پرنام وغیرہ سے کوشش کے ساتھ گرو کو خوش کرنا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• तत्-समীপम्: to his vicinity
• तत्-समীপम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास ('near him/that'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गत्यर्थकर्म (object of motion)

• उपव्रज्य: having approached
• उपव्रज्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• यथा-विधि: according to the prescribed rule
• यथा-विधि: Karana (करण/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial: 'according to rule'); क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विचक्षणः: the discerning one
• विचक्षणः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दीर्घ-दण्ड-प्रणाम-आद्यैः: by (acts such as) prostration with a long staff, etc.
• दीर्घ-दण्ड-प्रणाम-आद्यैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रणाम (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (enumerative determinative: 'by long-staff prostration etc.'); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तोषयेत्: should please
• तोषयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• यत्नतः: with effort, diligently
• यत्नतः: Karana (करण/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्नतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• सुधीः: the wise person
• सुधीः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-धी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ('good/intelligent-minded'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that nearness to Shiva is gained through humility and right conduct: the wise devotee approaches with reverence and follows vidhi so that devotion becomes disciplined, purifying, and grace-attracting (anugraha).

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

The verse emphasizes saguna-upāsanā expressed through bodily reverence—especially daṇḍavat prostration—performed as part of prescribed Shiva-pūjā; such external worship supports inner surrender to Pati (Shiva) who releases the paśu from pāśa.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice daṇḍavat-praṇāma (full prostration) and related acts of respectful worship with careful adherence to procedure; internally maintain focused devotion and surrender while performing the rite.