Shloka 47

मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics

Devanagari script

सुधूपितं समुत्थाप्य शिक्योपरि निधाय च । पंचब्रह्ममये रम्ये रथे संस्थापयेत्तनुम्

Transliteration

sudhūpitaṃ samutthāpya śikyopari nidhāya ca | paṃcabrahmamaye ramye rathe saṃsthāpayettanum

Translation

将已善熏香的圣体举起，安置于承载之绳兜上；继而把此身（已受灌顶之圣相）安立于由五梵（Pañcabrahma）所成的华美神车之上，以礼敬主宰五重显现之圣容。

Word by Word

• su-dhūpitam: well-incensed (with incense)
• su-dhūpitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + dhūpita (धूपित; √dhūp/धूप् धातु से क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समास (‘well-incensed/fumigated’)

• samutthāpya: having lifted up
• samutthāpya: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ud-√sthā (स्था धातु) + णिच् (causative) + ल्यप्
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), णिजन्त (causative): ‘having raised/lifted up’

• śikya-upari: on the śikya (hanging sling)
• śikya-upari: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śikya (प्रातिपदिक) + upari (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; स्थानवाचक (locative adverbial): ‘on/above the hanging sling/net’

• nidhāya: having placed
• nidhāya: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√dhā (धा धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having placed’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• paṃca-brahma-maye: in (a) pañcabrahma-made
• paṃca-brahma-maye: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṃca (प्रातिपदिक) + brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (‘made of the five Brahmas/pañcabrahman’)

• ramye: beautiful
• ramye: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘pleasant/beautiful’ (qualifying rathe)

• rathe: in/on the chariot
• rathe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• saṃsthāpayet: should install/place
• saṃsthāpayet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative): ‘should cause to be placed/should install’

• tanum: the body/form
• tanum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the verse describes pañcabrahma-based installation imagery (pañcabrahma-ratha) used in Kailāsa-tradition worship/arcana procession.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: (सूचित) पञ्चब्रह्म-सम्बद्ध मन्त्राः: सद्योजात-वामदेव-अघोर-तत्पुरुष-ईशान

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva as the Panchabrahma—His fivefold self-revelation—teaching that ritual acts like incense and installation are outer supports for inner reverence to Pati (the Lord) who manifests through sacred form for the devotee’s uplift.

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

The verse describes handling and installing a consecrated form (“tanu”), consistent with Saguna worship where Shiva is approached through a sanctified emblem/form; the Panchabrahma framework anchors the form in Shiva’s five-aspect theology.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A ritual sequence is implied: incense purification (dhūpa), careful lifting and carrying of the sanctified form, and firm installation on a Panchabrahma-consecrated chariot—paired with Panchabrahma remembrance/mantras during the procession.