Shloka 26

प्रणवमहिमा — The Greatness of the Praṇava (Om) as Śiva

Devanagari script

सद्यादीशानपर्य्यंतान्यकारादिषु पंचसु । स्थितानि पंच ब्रह्माणि तानि मन्मूर्त्तयः क्रमात्

Transliteration

sadyādīśānaparyyaṃtānyakārādiṣu paṃcasu | sthitāni paṃca brahmāṇi tāni manmūrttayaḥ kramāt

Translation

从萨德约阇多（Sadyojāta）直到伊沙那（Īśāna），五种梵相（五梵）安住于以“a”起首的五个元音之中。依其次第，这五梵正是我的诸般形相。

Word by Word

• सद्यः: Sadyo (name of a Brahman-face/aspect)
• सद्यः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्यस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used as first member in a compound (पूर्वपद)

• ईशान-पर्यन्तानि: ending with Īśāna / up to Īśāna
• ईशान-पर्यन्तानि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुष-समास (अवधारण/सीमा): ‘up to Īśāna’

• अकार-आदिषु: in (the vowels) beginning with ‘a’
• अकार-आदिषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकार (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; ‘in the group beginning with a-kāra’

• पञ्चसु: in the five
• पञ्चसु: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; numeral adjective; agrees with अकारादिषु

• स्थितानि: are situated/placed
• स्थितानि: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; ‘having been placed/being situated’

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral, indeclinable-like form used with plural noun; ‘five’

• ब्रह्माणि: Brahmans (the five Brahma-aspects)
• ब्रह्माणि: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta (कर्ता/subject, apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; demonstrative pronoun

• मत्-मूर्तयः: my forms
• मत्-मूर्तयः: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘my forms’

• क्रमात्: in sequence
• क्रमात्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverbial instrumental usage; ‘in order/ क्रमशः’

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: सद्यादीशानपर्य्यंतान्यकारादिषु पंचसु । स्थितानि पंच ब्रह्माणि तानि मन्मूर्त्तयः क्रमात्

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sadyojāta
• Īśāna
• Pañcabrahma

FAQs

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

It identifies sacred sound (the five primary vowels) as a direct locus of Shiva’s fivefold divine reality (Pañcabrahma), teaching that mantra is not merely symbolic but an embodiment of Pati (Shiva) that leads the bound soul (paśu) toward liberation.

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

In Saguna worship, the Linga and Shiva’s five faces are contemplated as manifest supports for meditation; this verse grounds that practice by linking Shiva’s forms to mantra-sound, showing that external worship (Linga) and internal worship (japa/uccāraṇa) converge in the same Shiva-tattva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Mantra-japa with disciplined pronunciation and contemplation—meditating on Shiva’s Pañcabrahma aspects while reciting sacred sounds (especially within Shaiva mantra practice such as the Panchakshara) as an inner yogic worship alongside traditional aids like bhasma and rudrākṣa.