Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 69

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

Maṇḍapa, Vedi, Kuṇḍas, Maṇḍala, Śiva-kumbha

Devanagari script

स एव दद्यान्नियतो यावन्मोहविपर्ययः । तावदाराधयेद्देवं तन्निष्ठस्तत्परायणः

Transliteration

sa eva dadyānniyato yāvanmohaviparyayaḥ | tāvadārādhayeddevaṃ tanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

هو وحده ينبغي أن يواصل السلوك المقرَّر ما دامت الانحرافاتُ في الفهم المولودةُ من الوهم قائمة. وإلى أن تُزال، فليعبد ذلك الربّ—ثابتًا فيه، متوجّهًا إليه كلّيًا بوصفه الملجأ الأسمى.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दा धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नियतः: disciplined
• नियतः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (disciplined/regulated)

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative): ‘as long as/until’

• मोह-विपर्ययः: the reversal of delusion
• मोह-विपर्ययः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक) + विपर्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘मोहस्य विपर्ययः’ (reversal/cessation of delusion)

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative): ‘so long/that long’

• आराधयेत्: should worship
• आराधयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √राध् (राध् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवम्: the deity (God)
• देवम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• तत्-निष्ठः: steadfast in that
• तत्-निष्ठः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + निष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘तस्मिन् निष्ठा यस्य’ (fixed in that)

• तत्-परायणः: having that as his sole refuge
• तत्-परायणः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘तत् परायणम् यस्य’ (having that as the sole refuge/goal)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches perseverance in regulated Shiva-upāsanā until moha (delusion) and its viparyaya (wrong cognition) are removed; liberation matures through steady devotion to Pati (Śiva) and the loosening of pāśa (bondage).

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

The instruction “ārādhayet devaṃ” supports sustained saguna worship—commonly through Śiva-liṅga pūjā—as a practical means to purify perception and become firmly established in the Lord, culminating in deeper realization beyond delusion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Maintain a niyata (disciplined) routine of Shiva worship—daily liṅga-arcana, japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and devotional surrender—continuing consistently until inner confusion and wrong understanding subside.