Shloka 33

प्रणवार्थपद्धतिवर्णनम्

Methodical Explanation of the Meaning of Praṇava/Om

Devanagari script

ततस्समर्चयेन्नित्यम्पूर्वोक्तविधिना प्रिये । अर्घं समर्पयेल्लिंगमूर्द्धन्यर्घ्योदकेन च

Transliteration

tatassamarcayennityampūrvoktavidhinā priye | arghaṃ samarpayelliṃgamūrddhanyarghyodakena ca

Translation

پھر، اے محبوبہ، پہلے بیان کردہ طریقے کے مطابق روزانہ عبادت کرے؛ اور اَرجھْیَ کے پانی سے لِنگ کے اوپر والے حصے پر اَرجھْیَ پیش کرے۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्-अर्थे (thereafter/then)

• समर्चयेत्: should worship duly
• समर्चयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (accusative used adverbially: always)

• पूर्वोक्त-विधिना: by the previously stated procedure
• पूर्वोक्त-विधिना: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (by the previously stated method)

• प्रिये: O dear one
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• अर्घम्: offering (arghya)
• अर्घम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• समर्पयेत्: should offer/present
• समर्पयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• मूर्ध्नि: on the head/top
• मूर्ध्नि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• अर्घ्य-उदकेन: with arghya-water
• अर्घ्य-उदकेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (with arghya-water)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Daily Liṅga-arcana (nitya-pūjā) is presented as the steady means by which the bound soul is purified and made fit for Śiva’s grace.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Linga

FAQs

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

It emphasizes nitya-arcana—steady daily worship—as a Shaiva discipline that purifies the pashu (bound soul) and turns devotion into a consistent means of grace, culminating in closeness to Pati (Shiva).

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

The Liṅga is the accessible (saguṇa) focus for worship of the transcendent Shiva; offering arghya at the top of the Liṅga expresses reverence and surrender, treating the Liṅga as the living presence of the Lord in ritual form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform daily Liṅga-pūjā as taught earlier in the chapter and offer arghya-water to the crown of the Liṅga; while offering, one may inwardly maintain japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") as the devotional support.