Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 46

सर्‍वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause

Devanagari script

तस्मादस्य प्रसादार्थं वाङ्मनोदोषवर्जिताः । ध्यायंतश्शिवमेवैकं सदारतनयाग्नयः

Transliteration

tasmādasya prasādārthaṃ vāṅmanodoṣavarjitāḥ | dhyāyaṃtaśśivamevaikaṃ sadāratanayāgnayaḥ

Translation

Darum, um Seine Gnade zu erlangen, sollen sie frei sein von den Fehlern der Rede und des Geistes und, stets gesammelt, allein Śiva, den Einen, in unablässiger Hingabe betrachten.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (हेतु/Therefore)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• asya: of him/of this (Lord)
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• prasāda-artham: for (obtaining) grace
• prasāda-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः (prasādasya arthaḥ) used as purpose-accusative

• vāk-manas-doṣa-varjitāḥ: free from faults of speech and mind
• vāk-manas-doṣa-varjitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāk (प्रातिपदिक) + manas (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (प्रातिपदिक; PPP)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: (vāk ca manas ca) + (tayor doṣaḥ) + (tena varjitāḥ)

• dhyāyantaḥ: meditating
• dhyāyantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Agent; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhyai (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• śivam: Śiva
• śivam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• eva: alone/indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय); emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• ekam: one
• ekam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with śivam

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla (काल/Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय); adverb (नित्यत्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• rata-naya-āgnayaḥ: those ever devoted, with disciplined inner fire
• rata-naya-āgnayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rata (प्रातिपदिक) + naya (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); बहुव्रीहिः: “whose fires are (i.e., who are) devoted and well-guided” (epithet for practitioners); internal members in stem-form

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shiva’s grace (prasāda) is approached through inner purification—removing defects of mind and speech—and through one-pointed contemplation of Shiva as the supreme Pati (Lord), aligning the soul toward liberation.

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

Meditating on “Shiva alone, the One” can be practiced through Saguna supports such as the Shiva-Linga, mantra, and icon, which steady the mind; through such focused devotion, the seeker is led toward realizing Shiva’s highest, unitary reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to disciplined dhyāna and japa with purified speech—truthful, restrained words—and a mind free from agitation; in practice this aligns with daily Shiva-upāsanā using mantra (e.g., Panchakshara), along with inner and outer purity.