Shloka 93

प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः

The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava

Devanagari script

ब्रह्माणमिन्द्रं सूर्य्यञ्च सोमं चैव प्रजापतिम् । आत्मानमन्तरात्मानं ज्ञानात्मानमतः परम्

Transliteration

brahmāṇamindraṃ sūryyañca somaṃ caiva prajāpatim | ātmānamantarātmānaṃ jñānātmānamataḥ param

Translation

彼即梵天（Brahmā）、因陀罗（Indra）、日神与苏摩（Soma），亦即生主（Prajāpati）。彼即自我、内在之我、纯净知性的自我；而超越这一切者，乃至上超然之至尊。

Word by Word

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्

• सूर्य्यम्: Sun-god
• सूर्य्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• सोमम्: Soma/Moon-god
• सोमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (indeed/just)

• प्रजापतिम्: Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्

• आत्मानम्: self
• आत्मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्

• अन्तरात्मानम्: inner self
• अन्तरात्मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; समासः: अन्तर-आत्मन् (कर्मधारय; ‘inner self’)

• ज्ञानात्मानम्: knowledge-self (self as knowledge)
• ज्ञानात्मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; समासः: ज्ञान-आत्मन् (कर्मधारय; ‘whose nature is knowledge/knowledge-self’)

• अतः: thereafter/from that
• अतः: Hetu/Anukrama (हेतु/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनुक्रम-अर्थे (from that/thereafter)

• परम्: the supreme/beyond
• परम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (used substantively: ‘the supreme’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasa Samhita teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Indra
• Surya
• Soma
• Prajapati
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that all cosmic powers (creator, ruler-gods, and progenitors) are ultimately dependent expressions, while Shiva as the Antarātman and Jñānātman is the one Conscious Reality—culminating in the Supreme that transcends all names and functions.

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

The verse supports Saguna worship (Shiva known through forms and divine functions) while pointing beyond it: the Linga signifies the One who pervades as the inner Self of all deities and yet remains ‘ataḥ param’—beyond all limiting identifications.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as Antarātman while repeating the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and cultivating inner recollection that the same Lord shines as the knower within all beings.