Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 76

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

जगत्सृष्टिविवृद्ध्यर्थं ब्रह्मणा ऽभ्यर्थिता शिवात् । शिवायाः प्रविभक्ताया भ्रुवोरन्तरनिस्सृताः

Transliteration

jagatsṛṣṭivivṛddhyarthaṃ brahmaṇā 'bhyarthitā śivāt | śivāyāḥ pravibhaktāyā bhruvorantaranissṛtāḥ

Translation

Zum Zwecke der Schöpfung der Welt und ihres Anwachsens bat Brahmā Śiva; und als Śivā in einer differenzierten Gestalt hervortrat, (sah er sie) aus dem Raum zwischen ihren Augenbrauen hervorgehen.

Word by Word

• जगत्-सृष्टि-विवृद्धि-अर्थम्: for the purpose of the world’s creation and growth
• जगत्-सृष्टि-विवृद्धि-अर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose adjunct)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + विवृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘for the purpose of creation and increase of the world’

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (करण/Instrument; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• अभ्यर्थिता: requested
• अभ्यर्थिता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP): ‘requested/entreated’

• शिवात्: from Śiva
• शिवात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (Singular)

• शिवायाः: of Śivā
• शिवायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रविभक्तायाः: (of her) who was divided
• प्रविभक्तायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वि + भज् (धातु) → प्रविभक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP): ‘having been divided/separated’

• भ्रुवोः: of (her) two eyebrows
• भ्रुवोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन (Dual)

• अन्तर-निःसृताः: emerged from between (the eyebrows)
• अन्तर-निःसृताः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + निःसृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष: ‘from the middle/between’ + PPP ‘gone out/emerged’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Connects creation (sṛṣṭi-vivṛddhi) to Śiva’s will mediated through Śivā/Śakti; for pilgrims, it sacralizes the brow-space (bhru-madhya) as a locus of divine emergence and creative command.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Cosmogonic activation: Brahmā petitions Śiva for jagat-sṛṣṭi and vivṛddhi; śakti differentiates and emanation occurs from the brow-space.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma
• Shiva (Goddess/Śivā)

FAQs

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

It presents creation as proceeding through Śiva’s will and Śivā’s manifest power (Śakti), showing that cosmic origination and growth occur when the transcendent Lord is invoked and the divine energy becomes expressible in form.

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

It supports Saguna worship by indicating that, though Śiva is supreme, the universe becomes knowable through manifestation—Śiva with Śakti—so Linga worship reveres the formless Lord as present and operative within creation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is invocation (abhyarthanā) of Śiva through mantra-japa—especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—with contemplation of the Śiva-Śakti unity as the source of all creative power.