Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 63

मङ्गलाचरणम्, तीर्थ-परिसरः, सूतागमनम् — Invocation, Sacred Setting, and the Arrival of Sūta

Devanagari script

चत्वारिंशत्साष्टशतं कैलासं भूसहस्रकम् । चत्वारिंशच्च द्विशतं वायवीयमतः परम्

Transliteration

catvāriṃśatsāṣṭaśataṃ kailāsaṃ bhūsahasrakam | catvāriṃśacca dviśataṃ vāyavīyamataḥ param

Translation

تتألف «كايلاسا سَمهِتا» من ثمانمائةٍ وأربعين بيتًا، ويُضاف إليها ألفٌ أخرى. وبعد ذلك تأتي «فاياڤِييا سَمهِتا» وفيها مئتان وأربعون بيتًا.

Word by Word

• catvāriṃśat: forty
• catvāriṃśat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catvāriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्याविशेषण), Indeclinable-stem numeral used in compound; here qualifying the following number

• sāṣṭaśatam: eight hundred (with) [i.e., 800]
• sāṣṭaśatam: Karma/Pramāṇa (कर्म/प्रमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa-aṣṭa-śata (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd: प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); numeral compound meaning a number total

• kailāsam: Kailāsa
• kailāsam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhū-sahasrakam: a thousand (units) of land/earth
• bhū-sahasrakam: Karma/Pramāṇa (कर्म/प्रमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū + sahasraka (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: bhūyāḥ sahasrakam = 'a thousand of the earth/lands'

• catvāriṃśat: forty
• catvāriṃśat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catvāriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्याविशेषण), used to qualify the following number

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• dviśatam: two hundred
• dviśatam: Karma/Pramāṇa (कर्म/प्रमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvi-śata (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd: प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); numeral compound

• vāyavīyam: Vāyavīya (pertaining to Vāyu)
• vāyavīyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāyavīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying an implied noun (e.g., saṃhitā/adhyāya/ślokāḥ)

• ataḥ: from this/thereafter; hence
• ataḥ: Apādāna-artha (अपादानार्थ/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तसिल्-अर्थक अव्यय)

• param: further; beyond
• param: Viśeṣaṇa/Avyaya-artha (विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषणार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially with ataḥ

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Kedāranātha

Sthala Purana: Only an associative cue: the mention of ‘Kailāsa-saṃhitā’ evokes Śiva’s Kailāsa abode; Kedāranātha is traditionally linked to the Kailāsa/Himālaya sacred complex, though this verse itself is not a Kedāra-māhātmya.

Significance: Pilgrimage to the Himalayan Śiva-kṣetra is held to purify grave sins and intensify vairāgya and bhakti; here the link is thematic (Kailāsa) rather than narrative.

Characters & Entities

• Kailasa (Samhita)
• Vayaviya (Samhita)

FAQs

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

It frames the Vāyavīya and Kailāsa portions as carefully ordered revelations, implying that Shaiva teaching is transmitted with textual discipline—supporting faithful study (svādhyāya) as a path aligned with Pati (Śiva) guiding the bound soul (paśu) beyond bondage (pāśa).

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

By identifying the Saṁhitā divisions, it points the seeker to where Saguna Śiva practices (such as liṅga-pūjā, mantra, and vrata) and deeper doctrinal expositions are taught within the Purāṇa—encouraging systematic engagement with Śiva’s worship and doctrine rather than isolated reading.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is disciplined recitation and study: undertake regular pāṭha of the relevant Saṁhitā/adhyāya with devotion, ideally alongside Shaiva observances like japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and maintaining purity through bhasma and rudrākṣa where prescribed.