Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 19

पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati

Devanagari script

अस्मान्नास्ति परं किंचिदपरं परमात्मनः । नाणीयो ऽस्ति न च ज्यायस्तेन पूर्णमिदं जगत्

Transliteration

asmānnāsti paraṃ kiṃcidaparaṃ paramātmanaḥ | nāṇīyo 'sti na ca jyāyastena pūrṇamidaṃ jagat

Translation

Jenseits des höchsten Selbst gibt es nichts whatsoever; nichts ist feiner und nichts ist größer als Er. Darum ist dieses ganze Universum von Ihm durchdrungen und erfüllt.

Word by Word

• अस्मात्: than this/from us (i.e., from Him/this)
• अस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान/comparison point)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; Ablative

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• परम्: higher/superior
• परम्: Pratishedhya (प्रतिषेध्य/predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; used substantively ‘anything higher’

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Pratishedhya (प्रतिषेध्य/thing denied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; indefinite pronoun

• अपरम्: other
• अपरम्: Pratishedhya (प्रतिषेध्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; used substantively ‘anything else’

• परमात्मनः: of the Supreme Self
• परमात्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (parama-ātmā = Supreme Self)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अणीयः: smaller
• अणीयः: Pratishedhya (प्रतिषेध्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अणीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; comparative)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative) ‘smaller’ used substantively

• अस्ति: exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• ज्यायः: greater
• ज्यायः: Pratishedhya (प्रतिषेध्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्यायस् (प्रातिपदिक; comparative)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative) ‘greater’ used substantively

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Karana (करण/instrument-cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; instrumental

• पूर्णम्: filled/complete
• पूर्णम्: Pratijna/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate adjective

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative qualifying (जगत्)

• जगत्: world/universe
• जगत्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not tied to a single jyotirliṅga; the verse articulates Śiva’s unsurpassable supremacy and immanence (‘pūrṇam idaṃ jagat’), a doctrinal lens through which all jyotirliṅgas are understood as manifestations of the one Pati.

Significance: Supports the bhāva that any liṅga-darśana is darśana of the all-pervading Supreme; strengthens niścaya (certainty) and śaraṇāgati (taking refuge).

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: asmānnāsti paraṃ kiṃcid aparaṃ paramātmanaḥ | nāṇīyo 'sti na ca jyāyas tena pūrṇam idaṃ jagat

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It establishes Śiva as Paramātmā (Pati), the unsurpassed and all-pervading reality—there is nothing higher or more subtle—so liberation is attained by turning awareness toward Him as the inner Self and supreme Lord.

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

Though Śiva is described as beyond comparison (nirguṇa in essence), the Liṅga serves as the accessible saguna symbol through which devotees contemplate and realize His all-pervasion—worship moves from form to the formless truth it signifies.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as the indwelling, all-pervading Paramātmā while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya); let Liṅga-dhyāna support the insight that the whole jagat is filled by Him.