Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 24

अर्धनारीश्वरप्रादुर्भावः

Manifestation of Ardhanārīśvara and the Impulse for Procreative Creation

Devanagari script

जय नामैकविन्यस्तविश्वतत्त्वसमुच्चय । जयासुरशिरोनिष्ठश्रेष्ठानुगकदंबक

Transliteration

jaya nāmaikavinyastaviśvatattvasamuccaya | jayāsuraśironiṣṭhaśreṣṭhānugakadaṃbaka

Translation

Sieg Dir—dessen einziger Name die Gesamtheit der tattvas des Universums sammelt und fest gründet. Sieg Dir—der auf den Häuptern der Asuras steht, umgeben von den erhabensten Scharen der Hingabe.

Word by Word

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Invocation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; स्तुत्यर्थ-निपात

• नाम-एक-विन्यस्त-विश्व-तत्त्व-समुच्चय: O collection of all cosmic principles set in a single Name
• नाम-एक-विन्यस्त-विश्व-तत्त्व-समुच्चय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + विन्यस्त (प्रातिपदिक; वि+नि+अस्/स्था?; here ‘विन्यस्’ from √न्यस्/√अस्?; standard: वि+नि+अस् (धातु) + क्त) + विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + समुच्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘नाम्ना एकेन विन्यस्तः विश्वतत्त्वानां समुच्चयः’ (the collection of all principles arranged in one Name)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Invocation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; स्तुत्यर्थ-निपात

• असुर-शिरः-निष्ठ-श्रेष्ठ-अनुग-कदंबक: O host (of powers) resting on the heads of demons, followed by the best
• असुर-शिरः-निष्ठ-श्रेष्ठ-अनुग-कदंबक: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + निष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुग (प्रातिपदिक) + कदंबक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘असुराणां शिरसि निष्ठः’ (standing/placed on demon-heads) + ‘श्रेष्ठानुग’ (followed by the best) + ‘कदंबक’ (cluster/host)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva-stuti within the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Asuras

FAQs

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

It declares that Shiva’s very Name is not merely a label but the spiritual ground in which the universe’s tattvas are comprehended and ordered—pointing to Shiva as Pati, the supreme Lord who grants liberation by transcending and mastering all principles that bind the soul.

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

The verse praises Shiva in an accessible, Saguna manner—victorious and attended by divine hosts—yet simultaneously affirms a deeper, Nirguna-philosophical truth: Shiva is the basis of all tattvas. Linga-worship similarly uses a visible form to contemplate the formless ground of reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Japa and stotra-recitation focused on Shiva’s Name—especially Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya)—with contemplative meditation on Shiva as the Lord of all tattvas and the remover of asuric (egoic) tendencies.