Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 7

काम्यकर्मविभागः — Taxonomy of Kāmya (Desire-Motivated) Śaiva Rites

Devanagari script

अथ वक्ष्यामि काम्यं हि चेहामुत्र फलप्रदम् । शैवैर्माहेश्वरैश्चैव कार्यमंतर्बहिः क्रमात्

Transliteration

atha vakṣyāmi kāmyaṃ hi cehāmutra phalapradam | śaivairmāheśvaraiścaiva kāryamaṃtarbahiḥ kramāt

Translation

Nun werde ich die kāmya-Übung darlegen, die Früchte sowohl hier als auch im Jenseits verleiht. Sie ist von Śaivas und Māheśvaras in rechter Ordnung zu vollziehen, innerlich wie äußerlich.

Word by Word

• atha: now, then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Maṅgala/krama-bodhaka avyaya (sequence marker)

• vakṣyāmi: I will explain/say
• vakṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (लुट्/Future periphrastic/near-future sense), Uttama puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• kāmyaṃ: the desire-motivated (rite)
• kāmyaṃ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd/Accusative), Ekavacana; object of vakṣyāmi (understood: kāmyaṃ karma)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), emphasis/causal nuance

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• iha: here (in this world)
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa-kāla-vācaka avyaya (adverb)

• amutra: there (in the other world)
• amutra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: amutra (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa-kāla-vācaka avyaya (adverb)

• phalapradam: fruit-giving, bestowing results
• phalapradam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phala-prada (प्रातिपदिक; फल + प्रद)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd/Accusative), Ekavacana; agrees with kāmyaṃ; tatpuruṣa: ‘giver (prada) of fruit (phala)’

• śaivaiḥ: by Śaivas (followers of Śiva)
• śaivaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument; agent-group)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (or adjective used substantively), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/Instrumental), Bahuvacana

• māheśvaraiḥ: by Māheśvaras
• māheśvaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (or adjective used substantively), Tṛtīyā (3rd/Instrumental), Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• eva: certainly, indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (restrictive/emphatic particle)

• kāryam: to be done, should be performed
• kāryam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; from kṛ, gerundive sense)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā Ekavacana (context: predicate ‘to be done’); here as vidheya: ‘should be done/performed’

• antaḥ: internally, within
• antaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb), ‘inside/within’

• bahiḥ: externally, outside
• bahiḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb), ‘outside’

• kramāt: in due order, sequentially
• kramāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pañcamī vibhakti (5th/Ablative) used adverbially: ‘in order/stepwise’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: General: Śaiva-Māheśvara discipline promising bhukti (iha) and auspicious gati (amutra), culminating (when purified) in Śiva’s grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shaiva practice is complete only when outer observance (puja, vrata, purity) is joined with inner worship (bhava, japa, meditation), yielding both worldly well-being and spiritual upliftment toward Shiva’s grace.

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

“Outwardly” points to Saguna worship such as Linga-puja with offerings and prescribed order, while “inwardly” points to recognizing Shiva within through mantra and contemplation—two complementary modes central to Shaiva Siddhanta.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It implies a structured Shaiva sadhana: external worship (Linga-puja, observances) together with internal practice (Panchakshara japa like Om Namaḥ Śivāya and meditative recollection of Shiva), performed step-by-step (kramāt).