Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 15

त्रिमूर्तिसाम्यं तथा महेश्वरस्य परमार्थकारणत्वम् | Equality of the Trimūrti and Maheśvara as the Supreme Cause

Devanagari script

वैकारिकः स सर्गस्तु युगपत्संप्रवर्तते । बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि पञ्चैव पञ्चकर्मेंद्रियाणि च

Transliteration

vaikārikaḥ sa sargastu yugapatsaṃpravartate | buddhīndriyāṇi pañcaiva pañcakarmeṃdriyāṇi ca

Translation

Aus jenem sāttvigen (vaikārika) Prinzip setzt der Emanationsvorgang zugleich ein: die fünf Erkenntnisorgane und die fünf Handlungsorgane treten gemeinsam hervor.

Word by Word

• वैकारिकः: transformative / pertaining to vikāra
• वैकारिकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैकारिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

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

• सर्गः: creation; emanation
• सर्गः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• युगपत्: simultaneously
• युगपत्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: युगपत् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• संप्रवर्तते: comes into operation; proceeds
• संप्रवर्तते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग: सम्+प्र

• बुद्धि-इन्द्रियाणि: the organs of cognition (sense-organs)
• बुद्धि-इन्द्रियाणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘बुद्धेः इन्द्रियाणि’

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; नपुंसक-बहुवचन-प्रथमा पदेन सह विशेषण (qualifier of plural neuter)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• पञ्च-कर्म-इन्द्रियाणि: the five organs of action
• पञ्च-कर्म-इन्द्रियाणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘कर्मणाम् इन्द्रियाणि’ (organs of action), ‘पञ्च’ संख्या-पूर्वपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: simultaneous manifestation of ten indriyas from vaikārika stream

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that the senses arise as a coordinated set from the sāttvika principle, so liberation requires disciplined mastery of both knowing and acting—redirecting them toward Shiva as Pati, the Lord beyond pasha (bondage).

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

Since the senses drive perception and action, Linga-worship trains the jñānendriyas (seeing the Linga as Shiva’s presence) and karmendriyas (ritual service), converting outward tendencies into Shiva-oriented devotion and steadiness.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice indriya-nigraha (sense-restraint) alongside japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and calm, steady Linga-dhyāna, so both knowledge and action become purified and integrated.