Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 22

अर्धनारीश्वरप्रादुर्भावः

Manifestation of Ardhanārīśvara and the Impulse for Procreative Creation

Devanagari script

जयावलोकनायत्तजगत्कारणबृंहण । जयोपेक्षाकटाक्षोत्थहुतभुग्भुक्तभौतिक

Transliteration

jayāvalokanāyattajagatkāraṇabṛṃhaṇa | jayopekṣākaṭākṣotthahutabhugbhuktabhautika

Translation

O Herr, durch Deinen sieghaften Blick wird das Universum getragen, und das ursächliche Prinzip weitet sich aus. Aus einem bloßen Seitenblick—sei er triumphierend oder scheinbar gleichgültig—entsteht das verzehrende Feuer, und die ganze Welt der sinnlichen Genüsse wird „verzehrt“: geschmälert und von jener göttlichen Macht bezwungen.

Word by Word

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात

• अवलोकन-आयत्त-जगत्-कारण-बृंहण: O nourisher who is the cause of the world dependent on (your) glance
• अवलोकन-आयत्त-जगत्-कारण-बृंहण: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवलोकन (प्रातिपदिक) + आयत्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कारण (प्रातिपदिक) + बृंहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (अवलोकनेन आयत्तं जगत् यस्य/यत्र; जगतः कारणं; बृंहणः = वर्धकः/पोषकः)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात

• उपेक्षा-कटाक्ष-उत्थ-हुतभुक्-भुक्त-भौतिक: O one whose material (world) is consumed by the fire arisen from a neglectful glance
• उपेक्षा-कटाक्ष-उत्थ-हुतभुक्-भुक्त-भौतिक: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपेक्षा (प्रातिपदिक) + कटाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थ (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + हुतभुज् (प्रातिपदिक) + भुक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + भौतिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः—(उपेक्षाकटाक्षात् उत्थः) + (हुतभुजा भुक्तः) + (भौतिकः = भूतसम्बन्धी/भौतिकः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: जयावलोकनायत्तजगत्कारणबृंहण । जयोपेक्षाकटाक्षोत्थहुतभुग्भुक्तभौतिक

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Kālī

Role: destructive

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Pralaya-imagery: dissolution through the ‘eater of oblations’ (fire) arising from divine glance/withdrawal.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Agni

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva (Pati) as the supreme causal Lord whose mere glance governs creation and dissolution; liberation arises when the soul recognizes that worldly power and pleasure are ultimately mastered by Shiva’s grace, not by the ego.

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

The verse praises Shiva’s active sovereignty (Saguna aspect) through imagery of glance and cosmic functions; Linga-worship is the ritual focus through which devotees approach that same Lord who sustains, expands, and dissolves the cosmos.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate detachment and surrender while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and meditate on Shiva as the inner governor whose glance burns bonds (pāśa) like fire consumes offerings.