Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 51

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

Devanagari script

कैलासं शतरुद्रं च शतरुद्राख्यमेव च । सहस्रकोटिरुद्राख्यं वायवीयं ततःपरम्

Transliteration

kailāsaṃ śatarudraṃ ca śatarudrākhyameva ca | sahasrakoṭirudrākhyaṃ vāyavīyaṃ tataḥparam

Translation

„(Es gibt) die Saṃhitā Kailāsa, die Śatarudra und auch die, die selbst ‘Śatarudra’ genannt wird; dann die mit dem Namen ‘Sahasrakoṭirudra’; und danach die Saṃhitā Vāyavīya.“

Word by Word

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa (name)
• कैलासम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• शतरुद्रम्: Śatarudra (hundred-Rudra; name)
• शतरुद्रम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समासः (numerical compound: ‘शतं रुद्राः’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शतरुद्राख्यम्: (that) called Śatarudra
• शतरुद्राख्यम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (नामनिर्देश: ‘शतरुद्र-आख्यम्’ = ‘called Śatarudra’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: सम्बन्ध (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सहस्र-कोटि-रुद्राख्यम्: (that) called Sahasrakoṭirudra
• सहस्र-कोटि-रुद्राख्यम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (नामनिर्देश: ‘सहस्रकोटिरुद्र-आख्यम्’ = ‘called Sahasrakoṭirudra’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• वायवीयम्: Vāyavīya (name)
• वायवीयम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायवीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: सम्बन्ध (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/thereafter’)

• परम्: next/following
• परम्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifies वायवीयम्: ‘next/succeeding’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Kedāranātha

Sthala Purana: ‘Kailāsa’ evokes Śiva’s Himalayan abode; Kedāra is classically linked with Śiva’s mountain-presence and tapas-oriented pilgrimage culture, though this verse is primarily a textual catalogue rather than a site-māhātmya.

Significance: Tapas, prāyaścitta, and śiva-anugraha through arduous yātrā; emblem of ascent from paśu-bhāva toward pati-jñāna.

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

This verse functions as a map of the Shiva Purana’s internal divisions, indicating that Shiva’s revelation is organized into multiple Saṃhitās—progressing from devotional-narrative sections toward the more contemplative, yogic, and philosophical Vāyavīya stream associated with Pati (Shiva) and liberation.

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

By naming the Saṃhitās, it points readers to where Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva practices are taught in detail across the text; the Vāyavīya portion especially frames worship as a means to realize Shiva as Pati—both immanent (Saguna) and ultimately transcendent (Nirguna) through right understanding and discipline.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse itself is classificatory, but it implicitly encourages systematic study (śravaṇa–manana) of Shiva’s teachings; in Shaiva practice this is commonly paired with daily Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and contemplative reflection on Shiva as the liberating Lord (Pati).