Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 36

वीरभद्रक्रोधशमनं देवस्तुतिश्च

Pacification of Vīrabhadra and the Gods’ Hymn

Devanagari script

प्रथमाद्यैश्च या देव्यो दंडिता देवमातरः । तासामपि यथापूर्वाण्यंगानि गिरिशो ददौ

Transliteration

prathamādyaiśca yā devyo daṃḍitā devamātaraḥ | tāsāmapi yathāpūrvāṇyaṃgāni giriśo dadau

Translation

Auch den göttlichen Müttern, die von Prathamā und den anderen bestraft worden waren, gab Girīśa (Śiva) ihre Glieder ebenso wie zuvor zurück.

Word by Word

• प्रथम-आद्यैः: by the first and others
• प्रथम-आद्यैः: करण/सह (Instrumental/association; agent-group)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (प्रथमाः आदयः)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• या: who (those who)
• या: कर्ता (Karta; of implied passive/description)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• देव्यः: goddesses
• देव्यः: सम्बन्ध/अपादान-सम्बन्ध (Apposition to या)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दण्डिताः: punished
• दण्डिताः: विशेषण (Adjectival to देव्यो/देवमातरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्डित (प्रातिपदिक; √दण्ड्/दण्ड (धातु/नाम) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मणि भावः (passive sense: 'punished')

• देव-मातरः: mothers of the gods
• देव-मातरः: कर्ता/सम्बोधन-सम्बन्ध (Apposition; subject-group)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (देवानां मातरः)

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक/समुच्चय (particle: 'also/even')

• यथा: as
• यथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'as')

• पूर्वाणि: former, previous
• पूर्वाणि: विशेषण (Adjectival to अङ्गानि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन (Plural); अङ्गानि इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अङ्गानि: limbs, parts
• अङ्गानि: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गिरिशः: Lord of the mountain (Śiva)
• गिरिशः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (गिरिणाम् ईशः)

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Durgā

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devamātṛs (Divine Mothers)

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva as Pati—the compassionate Lord whose grace restores what is broken, symbolizing the soul’s return to its original purity when bondage (pāśa) is removed.

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

The verse points to Saguna Śiva’s tangible mercy: devotees worship the Liṅga as the accessible form of the transcendent Lord who heals, protects, and re-establishes dharma in embodied life.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as Girīśa while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as a reminder that Śiva alone restores inner wholeness and removes afflictions.