Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 32
शिवज्ञान-प्रश्नः तथा सृष्टौ शिवस्य स्वयमाविर्भावः
Inquiry into Śiva-knowledge and Śiva’s self-manifestation in creation
सिंदूरवर्णाय सुमण्डलाय सुवर्णवर्णाभरणाय तुभ्यम् । पद्माभनेत्राय सपंकजाय ब्रह्मेन्द्रनारायणकारणाय
siṃdūravarṇāya sumaṇḍalāya suvarṇavarṇābharaṇāya tubhyam | padmābhanetrāya sapaṃkajāya brahmendranārāyaṇakāraṇāya
আপোনাক নমস্কাৰ—সিন্দূৰবৰ্ণ, শুভ দীপ্তিময় মণ্ডলস্বৰূপ, সোণালী আভৰণে বিভূষিত। পদ্মনয়ন, পদ্মসহিত, আৰু ব্ৰহ্মা-ইন্দ্ৰ-নাৰায়ণৰ কাৰণভূত—আপোনাক প্ৰণাম।
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya discourse to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: सिंदूरवर्णाय सुमण्डलाय सुवर्णवर्णाभरणाय तुभ्यम् । पद्माभनेत्राय सपंकजाय ब्रह्मेन्द्रनारायणकारणाय
Type: stotra
FAQs
It establishes Shiva as Pati—the supreme causal Lord—described in a worshipful, saguna form, yet affirmed as the source of even Brahma, Vishnu (Narayana), and Indra, directing the devotee’s surrender toward the highest principle.
The verse uses vivid auspicious attributes (radiance, lotus-eyes, ornaments) typical of saguna upasana; in Shiva Purana practice, such praise naturally culminates in Linga-worship, where the same supreme cause is adored in aniconic form for steadiness of devotion and meditation.
Use it as a dhyana-stotra before Linga puja: apply Tripuṇḍra (bhasma), hold a rudrākṣa, and recite the pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” contemplating Shiva as the source of all deities and the giver of liberation.