Shloka 58

शिवध्यानपूजनवर्णनम्

Description of Śiva Meditation and Worship

Devanagari script

पूर्व्वे पिनाकनाराचघण्टा पाशांकुशोज्ज्वलम् । निवृत्त्याजानुपर्य्यंतमानाभि च प्रतिष्ठया

Transliteration

pūrvve pinākanārācaghaṇṭā pāśāṃkuśojjvalam | nivṛttyājānuparyyaṃtamānābhi ca pratiṣṭhayā

Translation

于东方，因持毗那迦弓（Pināka）、箭、铃、绳索（pāśa）与象钩（aṅkuśa）而光辉灿然。应安置（神形/布置）自“Nivṛtti”起至膝部；再由膝上至脐，以“Pratiṣṭhā”而立。

Word by Word

• पूर्वे: in the east
• पूर्वे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; दिक्शब्द (locative)

• पिनाकनाराचघण्टा: (the) bow Pināka, arrow, and bell
• पिनाकनाराचघण्टा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाक + नाराच + घण्टा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (पिनाकः, नाराचः, घण्टा) समाहृत-समुच्चय; (सूच्यते—पूर्वदिशि एतानि)

• पाशाङ्कुशोज्ज्वलम्: shining with noose and goad
• पाशाङ्कुशोज्ज्वलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाश + अङ्कुश + उज्ज्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पाश-अङ्कुशाभ्याम् उज्ज्वलम्)

• निवृत्त्या: by/with Nivṛtti (a śakti/level)
• निवृत्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• आजानु-पर्यन्तम्: up to the knees
• आजानु-पर्यन्तम्: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + जानु + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; ‘up to the knees’ (limit)

• आनाभि: up to the navel
• आनाभि: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; ‘up to the navel’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• प्रतिष्ठया: by/with Pratiṣṭhā (a śakti/level)
• प्रतिष्ठया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s teachings/traditional description in the Kailasa Samhita)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadashiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents an inner-worship (nyāsa/visualization) method where divine principles such as Nivṛtti and Pratiṣṭhā are installed in the body, indicating that liberation is approached by consecrating one’s own embodiment as Śiva’s sacred field.

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

The verse employs Saguna imagery—Śiva’s implements like Pināka, arrows, noose, and goad—while directing the practitioner to internalize worship through bodily placement, aligning external Linga-pūjā with internal consecration.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A directional and bodily nyāsa-style meditation: visualize Śiva’s radiant emblems in the east and install the principles Nivṛtti (lower region up to the knees) and Pratiṣṭhā (from knees to navel) while reciting Śiva-mantras such as the Pañcākṣarī.