Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 28

अर्धनारीश्वरप्रादुर्भावः

Manifestation of Ardhanārīśvara and the Impulse for Procreative Creation

Devanagari script

जयति घोरसंसारमहारोगभिषग्वर । जयानादिमलाज्ञानतमःपटलचंद्रिके

Transliteration

jayati ghorasaṃsāramahārogabhiṣagvara | jayānādimalājñānatamaḥpaṭalacaṃdrike

Translation

Sieg dem höchsten Arzt, dem erhabensten Heiler, der die schreckliche große Krankheit des Saṃsāra kuriert. Sieg dem Mondlicht, das den Schleier der Finsternis vertreibt, geboren aus anfangsloser Befleckung und Unwissenheit.

Word by Word

• जयति: is victorious
• जयति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg)

• घोरसंसारमहारोगभिषक्-वर: O best physician for the great disease of dreadful saṃsāra
• घोरसंसारमहारोगभिषक्-वर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोर + संसार + महा + रोग + भिषक् + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular); समासः—बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘घोरसंसाररूपस्य महा-रोगस्य भिषक् (वैद्यः) यः सः वरः’ (best physician for the great disease of dreadful saṃsāra)

• जय: be victorious!
• जय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (2nd sg); सम्बोधनार्थे—‘be victorious’

• अनादि-मल-अज्ञान-तमः-पटल-चन्द्रिके: O moonlight (that removes) the veil of darkness of beginningless impurity and ignorance
• अनादि-मल-अज्ञान-तमः-पटल-चन्द्रिके: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनादि + मल + अज्ञान + तमस् + पटल + चन्द्रिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular); समासः—बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘अनादिमलरूप-अज्ञानतमसः पटलस्य चन्द्रिका’ (moonlight that dispels the veil of darkness of beginningless impurity/ignorance)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a site-specific (sthāla) passage; the verse functions as a universal stuti: Śiva as the supreme healer of saṃsāra and dispeller of āṇava-mala/ajñāna.

Significance: Frames darśana and śaraṇāgati to Śiva as the true ‘cikitsā’ for bhava-roga (bondage), culminating in liberation through grace (anugraha).

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It praises Shiva as Pati—the supreme liberator—who heals the root affliction of saṃsāra by removing the darkness of ajñāna and the beginningless mala (bonding impurity), pointing to mokṣa through Shiva’s grace and knowledge.

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

Though expressed philosophically, the praise is directed to Shiva in a personal, worship-worthy form (Saguna). In Purāṇic practice, such stuti naturally accompanies Linga worship, where Shiva is approached as the compassionate ‘physician’ who cures bondage.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with contemplative meditation on Shiva as the inner light that dissolves ajñāna—optionally supported by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as Shaiva disciplines.