Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 72

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

शैलानां मेरुमुख्यानां वेधकश्च स्वतेजसा । तप्तचामीकरप्रख्यः शतपत्रदलेक्षणः

Transliteration

śailānāṃ merumukhyānāṃ vedhakaśca svatejasā | taptacāmīkaraprakhyaḥ śatapatradalekṣaṇaḥ

Translation

Durch sein eigenes, angeborenes Strahlen vermochte er selbst Berge—Meru und die übrigen—zu durchdringen. Er leuchtete wie geschmolzenes Gold, und seine Augen glichen den Blättern eines hundertblättrigen Lotus.

Word by Word

• शैलानाम्: of the mountains
• शैलानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• मेरु-मुख्यानाम्: of those headed by Meru / of the chief ones like Meru
• मेरु-मुख्यानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘मुख्य’ विशेषण; Genitive plural

• वेधकः: a piercer / penetrator
• वेधकः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्व-तेजसा: by his own splendor/energy
• स्व-तेजसा: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• तप्त-चामीकर-प्रख्यः: resembling heated gold
• तप्त-चामीकर-प्रख्यः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप्त (कृदन्त; तप् धातु (धातु) + क्त) + चामीकर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular; विशेषण

• शत-पत्र-दल-ईक्षणः: whose eyes are like the petals of a lotus (hundred-petalled)
• शत-पत्र-दल-ईक्षणः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + दल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्य ईक्षणं (नेत्रम्) शतपत्रदलगतसदृशम्’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It praises the divine tejas (spiritual radiance) of Shiva’s manifestation—an energy so pure that it transcends material resistance, symbolizing the Lord as Pati whose consciousness alone liberates the bound soul (paśu) from pāśa.

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

The imagery of molten-gold brilliance and lotus-like eyes supports Saguna contemplation: devotees may visualize Shiva’s auspicious form or the luminous presence within the Linga as a focus for devotion that leads the mind toward the Nirguna reality beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Dhyāna on Shiva’s golden radiance while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) is implied; the verse encourages internalizing tejas through steady japa and yogic concentration rather than relying only on external strength.