Shloka 44

Vāmadeva-mata: Rahasya-upadeśa

The Esoteric Teaching of Vāmadeva’s Doctrine

Devanagari script

वामदेव उवाच । भगवन्परमेशस्त्वं परापरविभूतिदः । सर्व्वज्ञसर्वकर्त्ता च सर्व्वशक्तिधरः प्रभुः

Transliteration

vāmadeva uvāca | bhagavanparameśastvaṃ parāparavibhūtidaḥ | sarvvajñasarvakarttā ca sarvvaśaktidharaḥ prabhuḥ

Translation

Vāmadeva said: “O Blessed Lord, You are the Supreme Parameśvara, the bestower of both higher and lower vibhūti. You are all-knowing and the doer of all; the sovereign Lord who bears and wields every śakti.”

Word by Word

• वामदेवः: Vāmadeva
• वामदेवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमेशः: the Supreme Lord
• परमेशः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• परापर-विभूति-दः: giver of supreme and worldly powers
• परापर-विभूति-दः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + अपर (प्रातिपदिक) + विभूति (प्रातिपदिक) + द (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, दा-धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjectival) — ‘giver of (दः) the higher and lower powers (परापरविभूति)’

• सर्वज्ञ-सर्वकर्त्ता: all-knowing and doer of all
• सर्वज्ञ-सर्वकर्त्ता: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, ज्ञा-धातु) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, कृ-धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative): ‘all-knowing and all-doer’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वशक्ति-धरः: holder of all powers
• सर्वशक्ति-धरः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, धृ-धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘bearer/holder (धरः) of all powers (सर्वशक्ति)’

• प्रभुः: the Lord, master
• प्रभुः: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Apposition to ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Vamadeva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse establishes Shiva as Parameśvara (Pati)—the omniscient, omnipotent Lord who grants both transcendent grace (para) and immanent worldly powers (apara). In Shaiva Siddhanta, this affirms that liberation ultimately comes by Shiva’s śakti and anugraha (grace), not by limited individual effort alone.

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

By calling Shiva the bearer of all śaktis and the doer of all, the verse supports Saguna worship—approaching the formless Supreme through a sacred form such as the Śiva-liṅga, where devotees honor the Lord as both beyond attributes (para) and present in worship (apara).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A direct takeaway is devotion with contemplative japa: repeat the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while meditating on Shiva as Sarvajña and Sarvaśaktidhara, offering water and bilva leaves to the liṅga with the attitude that all powers arise from His grace.