Shloka 18

प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः

The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava

Devanagari script

सद्यपादश्च तन्मूर्त्तिः साक्षात्सकलनिष्कलः । सर्व्वज्ञत्वादिषट्शक्तिषडंगीकृतविग्रहः

Transliteration

sadyapādaśca tanmūrttiḥ sākṣātsakalaniṣkalaḥ | sarvvajñatvādiṣaṭśaktiṣaḍaṃgīkṛtavigrahaḥ

Translation

此即名为萨地耶帕达（Sadyapāda）之圣形——祂亲证地兼具有相与无相。其具身显现由六种神力所成，以全知为首，并与六支（六分）之神圣表达融为一体。

Word by Word

• sadyaḥ-pādaḥ: (having) Sadyapāda
• sadyaḥ-pādaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय/indecl. ‘immediately’; here as first member) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; avyaya-pūrvapada-tatpuruṣa: sadyaḥ-pādaḥ (Sadyapāda as a name/epithet)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/particle)

• tat-mūrtiḥ: that form/embodiment
• tat-mūrtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: tasya mūrtiḥ

• sākṣāt: directly, manifestly
• sākṣāt: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa-avyaya (adverb)

• sakala-niṣkalaḥ: both with parts and partless
• sakala-niṣkalaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक) + niṣkala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; itaretara-dvandva used adjectivally: sakalaś ca niṣkalaś ca

• sarva-jñatva-ādi-ṣaṭ-śakti-ṣaṭ-aṃgī-kṛta-vigrahaḥ: whose form has accepted the six powers (beginning with omniscience) as the six limbs
• sarva-jñatva-ādi-ṣaṭ-śakti-ṣaṭ-aṃgī-kṛta-vigrahaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jñatva (भावप्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṭ (संख्या) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṭ (संख्या) + aṃgī-kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ, past passive participle with upasarga aṃgī- ‘made into a limb/accepted as limb’) + vigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; long tatpuruṣa: ‘vigrahaḥ’ (form) qualified by aṃgīkṛta (accepted as limbs) with ṣaḍaṅga (six-limbed) and ṣaṭśakti (six powers) beginning with sarvajñatva (omniscience)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It states that Shiva is simultaneously the manifest Lord accessible to devotion (sakala/saguna) and the transcendent Absolute beyond all limitation (niṣkala/nirguṇa), a key Shaiva Siddhanta insight for liberation.

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

By affirming Shiva as both sakala and niṣkala, it supports Linga worship as a bridge: devotees worship the tangible emblem and form while contemplating the same Shiva as the formless supreme reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as both form and formless while japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), letting outer worship (arcana) mature into inner contemplation (dhyāna) of the attributeless Lord.