Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 64

समयाह्वय-संस्कारः — Rite of ‘Samayāhvaya’ and the Preparatory Layout

Maṇḍapa, Vedi, Kuṇḍas, Maṇḍala, Śiva-kumbha

Devanagari script

स तु बद्धांजलिः श्रुत्वा मन्त्रं तद्गतमानसः । शनैस्तं व्याहरेच्छिष्यशिवाचार्यस्य शासनात्

Transliteration

sa tu baddhāṃjaliḥ śrutvā mantraṃ tadgatamānasaḥ | śanaistaṃ vyāharecchiṣyaśivācāryasya śāsanāt

Translation

بعد أن يسمع التلميذُ المانترا، وهو قابضٌ كفّيه بخشوع وقد استغرق قلبُه فيها، فعليه أن يتلوها رويدًا رويدًا بصوت خافت وثابت، امتثالًا لأمر معلّم شيفا (شيفاتشاريا).

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle: 'but/indeed')

• बद्ध-अञ्जलिः: (one) with joined hands
• बद्ध-अञ्जलिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बद्ध (कृदन्त; √बन्ध् + क्त, प्रातिपदिक) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष (karmadhāraya-like determinative: 'with joined hands')

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: पूर्वकालक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having heard’

• मन्त्रम्: the mantra
• मन्त्रम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तद्गतमानसः: whose mind is absorbed in that
• तद्गतमानसः: विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + गत (कृदन्त; √गम् + क्त) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहि: ‘यस्य मानसं तद्गतम्’ (whose mind is fixed on that)

• शनैः: slowly
• शनैः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'slowly/gradually')

• तम्: that (mantra)
• तम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• व्याहरेत्: should utter/recite
• व्याहरेत्: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + आ + √हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• शिष्य-शिवाचार्यस्य: of the disciple-Śivācārya (teacher)
• शिष्य-शिवाचार्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + शिवाचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'disciple (of) Śivācārya' / or 'the Śivācārya of the disciple' depending on tradition)

• शासनात्: from/according to the instruction
• शासनात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Source; 'from/according to')
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shivacharya (Śivācārya)
• Disciple (Śiṣya)

FAQs

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

It teaches that mantra is not mere sound but disciplined sādhana: reverence (añjali), inner absorption (mind fixed on the mantra), and obedient practice under the Śivācārya—key Shaiva Siddhanta conditions for purification and grace (anugraha).

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

Mantra-japa performed with devotion and guru-guidance is a direct mode of Saguna Shiva worship; it steadies the mind so the worshipper can approach the Linga with concentrated bhakti, turning external ritual into inward communion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Soft, steady japa (śanaiḥ) after receiving the mantra by instruction—reciting with joined hands and focused awareness; it implies initiated practice (dīkṣā/ācārya-śāsana) rather than casual chanting.