Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 23

योगाचार्यरूपेण शर्वावताराः (Śarva’s manifestations as Yoga-Teachers)

Devanagari script

शिवाश्रमरतास्सर्वे शिवज्ञानपरायणाः । सर्वे संगविनिर्मुक्ताः शिवैकासक्तचेतसः

Transliteration

śivāśramaratāssarve śivajñānaparāyaṇāḥ | sarve saṃgavinirmuktāḥ śivaikāsaktacetasaḥ

Translation

Alle waren der Askese und Lebensordnung des Śiva-Āśrama zugetan und ganz auf die Erkenntnis Śivas ausgerichtet. Von weltlichen Bindungen und Umgang befreit, war ihr Geist ausschließlich in Śiva allein versenkt.

Word by Word

• śiva-āśrama-ratāḥ: devoted to the Śaiva āśrama
• śiva-āśrama-ratāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: ‘devoted (rata) to the Śiva-āśrama (Śiva’s religious discipline/order)’

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• śiva-jñāna-parāyaṇāḥ: wholly devoted to knowledge of Śiva
• śiva-jñāna-parāyaṇāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: ‘having Śiva-knowledge as the supreme goal/refuge’

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• saṃga-vinirmuktāḥ: freed from attachment
• saṃga-vinirmuktāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃga (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-nir-mukta (कृदन्त; धातु √muc (मुच्) past participle with vi-nir-)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: ‘freed (vinirmukta) from attachment (saṃga)’

• śiva-eka-āsakta-cetasaḥ: whose minds are solely attached to Śiva
• śiva-eka-āsakta-cetasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक) + āsakta (कृदन्त; धातु √sañj/√saj (सञ्ज्/सज्) past participle with ā-) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); bahuvrīhi: ‘those whose minds (cetas) are attached (āsakta) solely (eka) to Śiva’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It praises the mark of mature sādhana: living in Śiva’s discipline, seeking Śiva-jñāna, and becoming free from saṅga (binding attachments) so the mind rests in Śiva—the Pati who grants liberation.

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

Exclusive absorption in Śiva is commonly steadied through Saguna worship—especially Liṅga-pūjā—where devotion and contemplation converge, ripening into Śiva-jñāna and inner detachment.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice daily Śiva-upāsanā with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and meditation that withdraws from distracting associations, cultivating one-pointedness on Śiva.