Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 35

भक्ताधिकारि-द्विजधर्म-योगिलक्षणवर्णनम् / Duties of Qualified Devotees and Marks of Yogins

Devanagari script

प्रत्ययाश्च प्रवर्तंते प्रशस्तफलसूचकाः । मयि भाववतां पुंसां प्रागदृष्टार्थगोचराः

Transliteration

pratyayāśca pravartaṃte praśastaphalasūcakāḥ | mayi bhāvavatāṃ puṃsāṃ prāgadṛṣṭārthagocarāḥ

Translation

For those who are filled with heartfelt devotion toward Me, confirming inner certainties arise—harbingers of auspicious results—making even realities not previously perceived become directly accessible to their experience.

Word by Word

• प्रत्ययाः: convictions/signs
• प्रत्ययाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• प्रवर्तन्ते: arise/occur
• प्रवर्तन्ते: क्रिया (Kriyā/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• प्रशस्त-फल-सूचकाः: indicating excellent results
• प्रशस्त-फल-सूचकाः: विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + सूचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (फलस्य सूचकाः)

• मयि: in me
• मयि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भाववताम्: of the devoted/feelingful
• भाववताम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाववत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• पुंसाम्: of men/persons
• पुंसाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्/पुम्स् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• प्राक्: previously/before
• प्राक्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb: earlier/before)

• अदृष्ट-अर्थ-गोचराः: having as their scope previously unseen meanings/objects
• अदृष्ट-अर्थ-गोचराः: विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + गोचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे: अदृष्टः अर्थः यस्य गोचरः (i.e., whose range is unseen meanings)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that when devotion (bhāva) toward Shiva becomes steady, Shiva’s grace matures into pratyaya—clear inner certainty—by which previously unseen spiritual truths become directly experienced, indicating auspicious progress toward liberation.

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

Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva-upāsanā stabilize bhāva through form, mantra, and ritual; from that steadiness arise pratyaya—confirmations of grace—guiding the devotee from outward worship to inward realization of Shiva’s presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate bhāva through daily japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), steady dhyāna on Shiva/Śiva-liṅga, and pure observances (such as Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa where traditional), so that inner certainty and spiritual insight naturally arise.