Shloka 15

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

Devanagari script

एतत्कथितमशेषं वायोस्सिद्धिं यदाप्नुते योगी । यत्तेजसोऽपि लभते तत्ते वक्ष्यामि देवेशि

Transliteration

etatkathitamaśeṣaṃ vāyossiddhiṃ yadāpnute yogī | yattejaso'pi labhate tatte vakṣyāmi deveśi

Translation

Ainsi ai-je décrit sans reste la siddhi du yogin, la maîtrise de l’élément du vent. À présent, ô Déesse souveraine, je te dirai aussi la siddhi du tejas, la puissance lumineuse, qu’il en vient à obtenir.

Word by Word

• etat: this (thing)
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• kathitam: told/declared
• kathitam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ् धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; used predicatively

• aśeṣam: entire, without remainder
• aśeṣam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; adjective qualifying etat

• vāyoḥ: of Vāyu / of the wind (deity)
• vāyoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive

• siddhim: attainment, perfection
• siddhim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• āpnute: attains
• āpnute: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yogī: the yogi
• yogī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• yat: which (that)
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• tejasaḥ: of radiance/energy
• tejasaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: also/even)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; enclitic genitive ‘to you/of you’

• vakṣyāmi: I shall tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• deveśi: O Goddess, Lady of gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; vocative

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse marks a transition in Shiva’s instruction: from vāyu-siddhi (mastery of prāṇa/wind) to tejas (inner radiance). In Shaiva thought, such attainments are stages of inner purification; they are secondary to realizing Pati (Shiva) as the liberating Lord.

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

Elemental mastery is presented as arising from disciplined yoga under Shiva’s guidance; in Saguna worship (Linga-upāsanā), the devotee steadies mind and prāṇa through mantra and contemplation, making the inner instrument fit for Shiva’s grace rather than merely seeking powers.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The passage implies prāṇa-discipline (vāyu control) leading to heightened tejas—supported in Shaiva practice by japa of Shiva-mantra (especially the Panchakshara), steady dhyāna on Shiva, and purity disciplines such as bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and Rudrākṣa as aids to focus.