Shloka 30

Devanagari script

मालिन्यमशिवत्वं च चिताग्न्यादिषु दृश्यते । एवं विवर्त्तकत्वेन शिवत्वं श्रुतिचोदितम्

Transliteration

mālinyamaśivatvaṃ ca citāgnyādiṣu dṛśyate | evaṃ vivarttakatvena śivatvaṃ śruticoditam

Translation

Sự ô nhiễm và cả tính “bất tường” cũng thấy nơi những vật như giàn hỏa táng và lửa. Nhưng theo nguyên lý vivarta (biến hiện), chính tự tính Śiva của chúng được Kinh Veda xác chứng và dạy bảo.

Word by Word

• मालिन्यम्: impurity
• मालिन्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालिन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• अशिवत्वम्: non-auspiciousness / non-Shiva-ness
• अशिवत्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-शिव-त्व (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष (negation)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चिताग्नि-आदिषु: in funeral-fire etc. (in cremation fire and the like)
• चिताग्नि-आदिषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिताग्नि + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; ‘चिताग्नि’ + ‘आदि’ (etc.)-समास, ‘आदि’शब्देन बहुवचननिर्देश

• दृश्यते: is seen / appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• विवर्तकत्वेन: by/through (its) being transformative (vivartaka-ness)
• विवर्तकत्वेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवर्तकत्व (प्रातिपदिक; विवर्तक + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• शिवत्वम्: Shiva-ness / auspicious nature
• शिवत्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवत्व (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• श्रुति-चोदितम्: enjoined by the Veda (śruti)
• श्रुति-चोदितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति + चोदित (चुद्/चोद् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), ‘श्रुत्या चोदितम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailāsa-saṃhitā teaching to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that what appears impure or inauspicious (like cremation-related fire) is not outside Śiva’s reality; by right understanding, one recognizes the underlying Śivatva affirmed by Śruti, transforming aversion into reverent insight.

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

Linga-worship trains the devotee to see Śiva as present in and through forms while remaining beyond them; likewise, this verse says that even seemingly inauspicious forms can be contemplated as pervaded by Śiva when viewed with scriptural discernment.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice Śiva-bhāva (seeing all as Śiva) with japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and cultivate inner purity through devotion—replacing disgust or fear with steady remembrance of Śiva’s all-pervading auspiciousness.