Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 29

Śiva-jñāna and the Non-dual Vision of a Śiva-maya Universe (शिवज्ञानम्—सर्वं शिवमयम्)

Devanagari script

यथाऽऽदर्शस्वरूपे च स्वीयरूपं प्रदृश्यते । तथा सर्वत्रगं शम्भु पश्यतीति सुनिश्चितम्

Transliteration

yathā''darśasvarūpe ca svīyarūpaṃ pradṛśyate | tathā sarvatragaṃ śambhu paśyatīti suniścitam

Translation

Như hình dáng của chính mình hiện rõ trong gương, cũng vậy, chắc chắn rằng có thể chiêm kiến Śambhu—Đấng thấm nhuần khắp mọi nơi—hiện diện trong mọi chốn và trong muôn vật.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/तुलना-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक/यथार्थसूचक (indeclinable; comparative/‘just as’)

• आदर्श-स्वरूपे: in the form of a mirror
• आदर्श-स्वरूपे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādarśa (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (आदर्शस्य स्वरूपे)

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

• स्वीय-रूपम्: one’s own form
• स्वीय-रूपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svīya (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (स्वीयं रूपम्)

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

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/तुलना-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तथार्थक/तुल्यतासूचक (indeclinable; ‘so/in the same way’)

• सर्वत्र-गम्: all-pervading
• सर्वत्र-गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय) + gam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वत्र गच्छति इति/सर्वत्रगः)

• शम्भुम्: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• सुनिश्चितम्: is firmly ascertained
• सुनिश्चितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + niścita (कृदन्त; √ni√ci)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘well-determined/ascertained’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches Shiva-darśana: when the mind becomes clear and steady, Śiva is recognized as the all-pervading Reality—seen everywhere, as effortlessly as one sees oneself in a clean mirror.

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

The Liṅga offers a focused, saguna support for devotion; through such worship the devotee’s awareness is refined until the same Śiva is apprehended as sarvatraga (omnipresent), not limited to a single shrine.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Purifying practices that ‘polish the mirror’ of awareness are implied—steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), dhyāna on Śiva/Śiva-liṅga, and living with devotion and restraint so the omnipresent Śambhu is perceived in all.