Shloka 89

पार्थिवप्रतिमापूजाविधानम्

Pārthiva-pratimā Pūjā-vidhāna — Procedure for Worship of an Earthen Icon

Devanagari script

बिन्दुनादयुतं सर्वं सकलीकरणं भवेत् । सकलीकरणाज्जन्मजगत्प्राप्नोत्यसंशयः

Transliteration

bindunādayutaṃ sarvaṃ sakalīkaraṇaṃ bhavet | sakalīkaraṇājjanmajagatprāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ

Translation

当整体本原与“宾度”(Bindu)与“那达”(Nāda)相合时，即成“萨迦利迦罗那”(sakalīkaraṇa)，亦即显现之境。由此萨迦利迦罗那，毫无疑问，生起生死之世——具身存在的显化宇宙。

Word by Word

• बिन्दुनादयुतम्: endowed with bindu and nāda
• बिन्दुनादयुतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) + नाद (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थ (बिन्दु-नादाभ्यां युतम् = ‘endowed with bindu and nāda’)

• सर्वम्: everything; the whole
• सर्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• सकलीकरणम्: the process of totalization (sakalīkaraṇa)
• सकलीकरणम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक) + √कृ (धातु) (णिच्/भावे)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (action noun: ‘making into a whole/totalization’)

• भवेत्: would be; should become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सकलीकरणात्: from (that) totalization
• सकलीकरणात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सकलीकरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी एकवचन (ablative: ‘from/through sakalīkaraṇa’)

• जन्मजगत्: birth and the world
• जन्मजगत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वन्द्व-समास (जन्म च जगत् च); द्वितीया एकवचन (collective object)

• प्राप्नोति: attains; obtains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• असंशयः: without doubt
• असंशयः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष (संशयो न अस्ति यस्य/यत्र)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating Shiva Purana teachings to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: sṛṣṭi-krama (manifestation through sakalīkaraṇa)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It explains how the unmanifest Shaiva principle becomes the manifest cosmos: when reality is expressed through Bindu (seed) and Nāda (vibration), the conditioned world of birth and change appears—highlighting why liberation requires turning back from manifestation to Shiva as Pati, the transcendent ground.

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

Bindu and Nāda are key to understanding how the formless is approached through form: the Liṅga symbolizes Shiva as the subtle source from which manifestation proceeds, allowing devotees to worship Saguna Shiva while remembering the Nirguna basis beyond the born world.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditation on Nāda (inner sound) and mantra-japa—especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—aligns awareness with the source of manifestation, helping the seeker disengage from the cycle of janma-jagat and move toward Shiva-realization.