Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 28

पूजास्थानशुद्धिः पात्रशोधनं च — Purification of the Worship-Space and Preparation of Ritual Vessels

Devanagari script

बीजान्यपि च ता एव शक्तयोंतर्मनोन्मनीः । कर्णिकापरवैराग्यं नालं ज्ञानं शिवात्मकम्

Transliteration

bījānyapi ca tā eva śaktayoṃtarmanonmanīḥ | karṇikāparavairāgyaṃ nālaṃ jñānaṃ śivātmakam

Translation

Those very powers—subtle as seed-forms—abide within as manonmanī, the mind’s transcendence beyond mind. The lotus-pericarp is supreme dispassion, and the stalk is the knowledge whose very essence is Śiva.

Word by Word

• बीजानि: seeds; seed-principles
• बीजानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

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

• ताः: those (feminine, plural)
• ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन (Plural)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• शक्तयः: powers; energies
• शक्तयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अन्तर्मनोन्मनीः: (powers) that are inner and of the mind’s unmanī-state
• अन्तर्मनोन्मनीः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तः + मनस् + उन्मनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) शक्तयः इति विशेष्यस्य

• कर्णिकापरवैराग्यम्: supreme dispassion at/pertaining to the pericarp (karṇikā)
• कर्णिकापरवैराग्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिका + पर + वैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अलम्: enough; sufficient
• अलम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पर्याप्ति/समर्थ्य (sufficiency/adequacy marker)

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन (Singular)

• शिवात्मकम्: of the nature of Śiva
• शिवात्मकम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) ज्ञानम् इति विशेष्यस्य

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Lalitā

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shakti

FAQs

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

It maps inner spiritual ascent: subtle śaktis as causal “seeds” mature into unmanī (beyond-mind absorption), supported by supreme detachment (vairāgya) and fulfilled by Śiva-essential knowledge that grants liberation under the Lord’s grace.

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

Linga-worship stabilizes the mind and purifies the bonds (pāśa), enabling the practitioner to move from outer devotion (saguṇa upāsanā) toward inner realization where knowledge culminates in Śiva as Pati—the essence behind all forms, including the Linga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A Shaiva yoga approach is implied: cultivate vairāgya, practice mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with dhyāna, and inwardly contemplate Śiva as the very substance of awareness until the mind rests in unmanī.