Shloka 15

गौरीप्रवेशः—शिवसाक्षात्कारः

Gaurī’s Entry and the Vision of Śiva

Devanagari script

अस्ति हेत्वन्तरं चात्र शास्त्रयुक्तिविनिश्चितम् । वागर्थमिव मे वैतज्जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्

Transliteration

asti hetvantaraṃ cātra śāstrayuktiviniścitam | vāgarthamiva me vaitajjagatsthāvarajaṃgamam

Translation

Here, indeed, there is another cause—ascertained through scriptural reasoning—by which this entire universe, the immovable and the moving, stands related, as speech is related to its meaning.

Word by Word

• अस्ति: there is
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हेत्वन्तरम्: another reason
• हेत्वन्तरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः हेतु + अन्तर (तत्पुरुषः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• शास्त्रयुक्तिविनिश्चितम्: determined by scriptural reasoning
• शास्त्रयुक्तिविनिश्चितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शास्त्र + युक्ति + विनिश्चित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः शास्त्र-युक्ति-विनिश्चित (बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः); विशेषणम् (हेत्वन्तरम्)

• वाक्: speech/word
• वाक्: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (पदच्छेदे); उपमानपद (in simile)

• अर्थम्: meaning
• अर्थम्: Upameya-sambandha (उपमेयसंबन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपमानपद

• इव: like/as
• इव: Upama-dyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमावाचक (simile particle)

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; enclitic

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्थावरजङ्गमम्: immobile and mobile (all beings)
• स्थावरजङ्गमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थावर + जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः स्थावर + जङ्गम (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः); विशेषणम् (जगत्)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a sthala-purāṇa passage; it introduces a philosophical hetu (cause) for the universe’s ordered relation, likened to word–meaning (vāk–artha).

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse points to a deeper, scripture-grounded causality: the world is not random but meaningfully dependent on its supreme ground, just as words depend on meaning—implying Shiva as the inner principle that makes the universe intelligible and spiritually purposeful.

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

Like speech and meaning, the Linga functions as an outward ‘word/sign’ that points to the inward ‘meaning’—Shiva, the supreme reality. Saguna worship trains the mind to recognize the unseen ground (Shiva) behind the seen universe of moving and unmoving beings.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is artha-bhāvanā in japa: while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplate Shiva as the ‘meaning’ pervading all experience—steady like the immovable and present within the moving—supported by simple Linga-dhyāna.