Shiva Purana — Vidyesvara Samhita, Shloka 40

Praṇava-Māhātmya and the Twofold Mantra (Sūkṣma–Sthūla) in Śaiva Sādhanā

Devanagari script

सदानुग्रहकर्त्तारं सदा शिवमनुस्मरन् । संपूज्य मनसा पूर्वं हृदिवासूर्यमंडले

Transliteration

sadānugrahakarttāraṃ sadā śivamanusmaran | saṃpūjya manasā pūrvaṃ hṛdivāsūryamaṃḍale

Translation

恒常忆念常施恩泽的萨达湿婆（Sadāśiva），应先以心作供养，观想祂安住于心中日轮的光轮之内。

Word by Word

• सदा-अनुग्रह-कर्तारम्: the ever-bestowing benefactor
• सदा-अनुग्रह-कर्तारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा (अव्यय) + अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सदानुग्रहकर्तारः (सदा अनुग्रहं करोति इति)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनुस्मरन्: remembering (meditating on)
• अनुस्मरन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + √स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘remembering/meditating’ (present active participle)

• सम्पूज्य: having duly worshipped
• सम्पूज्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having worshipped’

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana (करण/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूर्वम्: first, beforehand
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb)

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वास-उर्य-मण्डले: in the sun-orb abiding in the heart
• वास-उर्य-मण्डले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक) + उर्य/ऊर्य (प्रातिपदिक; here as part of compound) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पाठ-समस्या: ‘हृदिवासूर्यमण्डले’ इति संधि-युक्तं; अर्थतः ‘हृदि वास- (स्थित) सूर्य-मण्डले’/‘हृदि वा सूर्य-मण्डले’ इति सम्भाव्यम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: This is an interiorized (antar-yāga) instruction: Sadāśiva as perpetual anugrahakartā is to be worshipped mentally in the heart’s ‘solar orb’, transcending external locality.

Significance: Teaches manasa-pūjā and hṛdaya-dhyāna—portable ‘inner Kāśī’—as a direct means to invoke Sadāśiva’s grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Sadashiva
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that liberation-oriented worship begins with constant remembrance of Sadāśiva as the giver of anugraha (divine grace), and that true pūjā is perfected inwardly through heart-centered meditation.

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

While external Linga-pūjā is honored, this verse emphasizes its inner counterpart—visualizing and worshipping Shiva within the heart—uniting Saguna contemplation (a form in the heart) with the grace of the transcendent Sadāśiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice dhyāna and manasa-pūjā: sit steadily, repeat the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and contemplate Shiva shining like an inner sun in the heart-lotus, offering mental upacāras (arghya, puṣpa, dhūpa, dīpa) before outer rites.