Shloka 41

शिवध्यानपूजनवर्णनम्

Description of Śiva Meditation and Worship

Devanagari script

सद्योजातम्प्रपद्यामीत्यारभ्योमन्तमुच्चरन् । आधारोत्थितनादं तु द्वादशग्रन्धिभेदतः

Transliteration

sadyojātamprapadyāmītyārabhyomantamuccaran | ādhārotthitanādaṃ tu dvādaśagrandhibhedataḥ

Translation

从咒语“我皈依萨德约阇多（Sadyojāta）”开始而诵持之，继而应观照自根本依处（ādhāra）升起的内在之音（nāda）。当此nāda穿透并分辨十二结（granthi）之时，即得其体验。

Word by Word

• सद्योजातम्: Sadyojāta (aspect/name)
• सद्योजातम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय) + जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्मधारय (descriptive name: 'immediately-born' = Sadyojāta); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रपद्यामि: I take refuge in; I resort to
• प्रपद्यामि: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)

• आरभ्य: beginning (with)
• आरभ्य: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Starting point)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), 'having begun/starting from'

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उच्चरन्: reciting; uttering
• उच्चरन्: कर्ता (Kartā/Doer)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + चर् (धातु) → उच्चरन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• आधार-उत्थित-नादम्: the sound arisen from the Ādhāra (mūlādhāra)
• आधार-उत्थित-नादम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधार (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थित (कृदन्त) + नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (locative/ablative sense implicit: 'sound arisen from the Ādhāra'); नाद-शब्दः पुँलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेष (but/indeed)

• द्वादश-ग्रन्थि-भेदतः: by (the) division of the twelve knots
• द्वादश-ग्रन्थि-भेदतः: हेतु/प्रकार (Hetu/Mode)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रन्थि (प्रातिपदिक) + भेद (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: समासान्त-तद्धित अव्यय: भेदतः (तस्-प्रत्यय) = 'by/according to the division'; तत्पुरुष-समास ('division of twelve knots'); अव्ययभाव (adverbial)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailāsa-saṃhitā’s yogic teaching to the sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: सद्योजातं प्रपद्यामि

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sadyojata

FAQs

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

It presents a Shaiva yogic method: surrender to Śiva through mantra first, then inwardly follow the rising subtle sound (nāda) that carries awareness upward by loosening the granthis (binding knots) that keep the soul (paśu) tied by pāśa.

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

The mantra of Sadyojāta is a Saguna entry-point—devotional refuge in Śiva’s compassionate form—after which the practice turns inward to the subtle experience of nāda, leading the worshipper from form-based devotion toward inner realization supported by Śiva’s grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Japa of the Sadyojāta refuge-mantra followed by nāda-anusandhāna (meditation on inner sound) from the ādhāra, aiming at granthi-bheda—progressive release of inner knots through disciplined attention and devotion.