Shloka 8

Vāyu-jaya (Prāṇa-vijaya) and Yogic Mastery over Time — वायुजय (प्राणविजय) तथा कालजय

Devanagari script

देवस्सहस्रके नेत्रपादहस्तसहस्रकः । ग्रंथीन्हि सर्वमावृत्य सोऽग्रे तिष्ठेद्दशांगुलम्

Transliteration

devassahasrake netrapādahastasahasrakaḥ | graṃthīnhi sarvamāvṛtya so'gre tiṣṭheddaśāṃgulam

Translation

The indwelling Deva—endowed with a thousand eyes and a thousand hands and feet—enveloping all the subtle knots (granthis), stands in front, ten finger-breadths from the heart-region, as the guiding inner Presence.

Word by Word

• devaḥ: the deity
• devaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sahasrake: in the thousand(-fold)
• sahasrake: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahasraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘in/at the thousand(-petalled)’ (contextual)

• netra-pāda-hasta-sahasrakaḥ: having thousands of eyes, feet, and hands
• netra-pāda-hasta-sahasrakaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + hasta (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: सहस्रकाणि नेत्राणि पादाः हस्ताः यस्य/यत्र (thousand eyes/feet/hands)

• graṃthīn: knots
• graṃthīn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graṃthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• āvṛtya: having covered
• āvṛtya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-vṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्ग: आ-; ‘having covered/enclosed’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• agre: in front/ahead
• agre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभूत (locative adverb)

• tiṣṭhet: should stand
• tiṣṭhet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• daśa-aṅgulam: ten finger-breadths
• daśa-aṅgulam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Uma Samhita’s yogic teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva as the inner, all-pervading Deva who governs the subtle body and “covers” the granthis—implying mastery over the bonds that limit the soul (paśu) and pointing to liberation through inner realization of Pati (Shiva).

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

While the Linga is the outer, saguna support for devotion, this verse turns the seeker inward: the same Shiva is to be contemplated as the indweller who stands before one as the immediate Presence, making external worship mature into inner dhyāna.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A dhyāna practice: focus awareness in the heart-region and contemplate Shiva as the inner Deva who loosens the granthis; support it with japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and a steady, purified mind.