Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

ओमितीदं सर्वमिति सर्वं ब्रह्मेति च श्रुतेः । वाच्यवाचकसम्बन्धोप्ययमेवार्थ ईरितः

Transliteration

omitīdaṃ sarvamiti sarvaṃ brahmeti ca śruteḥ | vācyavācakasambandhopyayamevārtha īritaḥ

Translation

由于《闻传》（Śruti）宣示：“唵——此即一切”，又宣示：“此一切皆是梵”，故教导说：乃至所表之义与能表之言的关系，也指向同一真谛——整体皆具梵之性（至上主，湿婆）。

Word by Word

• ओम्: Om
• ओम्: वाच्य (Quoted term)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ओम् (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: अव्यय—प्रणव (sacred syllable)

• इति: thus
• इति: उद्धरण (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative particle)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वम्: all (this)
• सर्वम्: कर्ता (Subject/Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: उद्धरण (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: कर्ता (Subject/Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: समानााधिकरण/विधेय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: उद्धरण (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—समुच्चय (conjunction)

• श्रुतेः: of the Śruti (Veda)
• श्रुतेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular)

• वाच्य-वाचक-सम्बन्धः: the relation of denoted and denoter
• वाच्य-वाचक-सम्बन्धः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्य + वाचक + सम्बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); द्वन्द्व/समाहार-भावः—वाच्यः च वाचकः च (denotatum & denoter) तयोः सम्बन्धः

• अपि: also
• अपि: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—अप्यर्थ (particle: also)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—अवधारण (particle: only/indeed)

• अर्थः: meaning/sense
• अर्थः: विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• ईरितः: is stated
• ईरितः: कर्मणि-भाव (Predicative/Passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्/ईरय् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘उक्तः/प्रकथितः’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: oṃ—idaṃ sarvam; sarvaṃ brahma (iti śruti-vākya-sāra)

Type: gayatri

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahman
• Om
• Shruti

FAQs

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

It affirms the Vedic revelation that Om and the entire cosmos point to one Supreme Reality; in the Kailasha Samhita’s Shaiva framing, that Absolute is understood as Pati—Lord Shiva—who is the ground of all names, forms, and meanings.

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

If all is Brahman/Shiva, then the Linga becomes a focused support (ālambana) for devotion: worshiping the Saguna form trains the mind to recognize the same Shiva as the inner, nirguna reality indicated by Om and the Upanishadic declarations.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Om as all-pervading Shiva while doing steady japa (especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), contemplating that sound (vācaka) and meaning (vācya) converge in the one Reality.