Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 6

सत्रप्रवृत्तिः — वायोः आगमनं च

Commencement of the Satra and the Arrival of Vāyu

Devanagari script

अणिमादिभिरष्टाभिरैश्वर्यैश्च समन्वितः । तिर्यक्कालादिभिर्मेध्यैर्भुवनानि बिभर्ति यः

Transliteration

aṇimādibhiraṣṭābhiraiśvaryaiśca samanvitaḥ | tiryakkālādibhirmedhyairbhuvanāni bibharti yaḥ

Translation

He who is endowed with the eight powers beginning with aṇimā, and with divine lordly opulences (aiśvarya); and who, by purifying principles such as tiryak-kāla and the like, upholds and sustains all the worlds.

Word by Word

• अणिमादिभिः: with aṇimā etc. (powers)
• अणिमादिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अणिमा + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (अणिमा), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण (instrumental)

• अष्टाभिः: with eight
• अष्टाभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (numeral), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘by/with eight’ (qualifies अणिमादिभिः)

• ऐश्वर्यैः: with lordly powers
• ऐश्वर्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• समन्वितः: endowed; furnished
• समन्वितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of यः)

• तिर्यक्कालादिभिः: with transverse time etc. (tiryak-kāla etc.)
• तिर्यक्कालादिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिर्यक् + काल + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण

• मेध्यैः: pure; purifying
• मेध्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of तिर्यक्कालादिभिः): ‘purifying/fit for sacrifice’

• भुवनानि: worlds
• भुवनानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्म

• बिभर्ति: supports; bears
• बिभर्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse presents Shiva as Pati—the sovereign Lord—whose innate aiśvarya includes the eight yogic siddhis, showing that cosmic governance and spiritual power arise from His supremacy, not from limited individual effort.

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

In Linga/Saguna worship, devotees contemplate Shiva as the support of all bhuvanas (worlds). The verse reinforces that the worshipped Lord is not merely a symbol but the sustaining reality who transcends and regulates time and cosmic order.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is dhyāna on Shiva as the world-sustainer while japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), cultivating purity (medhya-bhāva) and detachment from time-bound experience.