Shloka 22

Ekādaśāhna-vidhiḥ (The Rite Prescribed for the Eleventh Day): Maṇḍala-racanā, Āvāhana, Mudrā, and Ativāhika-devatā Pūjā

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे षष्ठ्यां कैलाससंहितायां यतीनामेकादशाहकृत्यवर्णनन्नाम द्वाविंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kailāsasaṃhitāyāṃ yatīnāmekādaśāhakṛtyavarṇanannāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣湿婆摩诃往世书》第六部《凯拉萨集》中，名为“苦行者（yati）十一日仪轨之描述”的第二十二章圆满结束。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः

• षष्ठ्याम्: in the sixth (book/section)
• षष्ठ्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• कैलास-संहितायाम्: in the Kailāsa-saṃhitā
• कैलास-संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कैलासस्य संहिता)

• यतीनाम्: of ascetics
• यतीनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• एकादश-अह-कृत्य-वर्णनम्: the description of the duties for eleven days
• एकादश-अह-कृत्य-वर्णनम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादश (प्रातिपदिक) + अहन्/अह (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष-समाससमूहः (determinative chain)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (naming particle)

• द्वाविंशः: twenty-second
• द्वाविंशः: Visheshana (विशेषण/adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वाविंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (द्वा + विंशति → द्वाविंश)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon verse marking the completion of the chapter on the eleven-day observances (ekādaśāha-kṛtya) of Śaiva ascetics within the Kailāsa-saṃhitā.

Significance: Textual ‘tīrtha’ function: establishes adhikāra (context) and preserves the ritual lineage by naming the section and topic.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

This is a concluding colophon that seals the teaching of the chapter: it frames ascetic discipline (yati-dharma) as a Shaiva path where purification, restraint, and contemplation mature into Shiva-oriented liberation (moksha) under Pati (Lord Shiva).

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

Though the line is a chapter-ending marker, its title points to regulated observances performed by renunciants—traditionally including Shiva-centered worship and meditation—through which Saguna devotion (to Shiva as Lord) supports realization of the highest truth.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse itself prescribes no single rite, but it indicates an “eleven-day” regimen of ascetic duties—typically implying Shiva-focused japa (e.g., Panchakshara), disciplined conduct, and purificatory observances aligned with Shaiva practice.