Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 45

मङ्गलाचरणम्, तीर्थ-परिसरः, सूतागमनम् — Invocation, Sacred Setting, and the Arrival of Sūta

Devanagari script

तत्र शैवं तुरीयं यच्छार्वं सर्वार्थसाधकम् । ग्रंथो लक्षप्रमाणं तद्व्यस्तं द्वादशसंहितम्

Transliteration

tatra śaivaṃ turīyaṃ yacchārvaṃ sarvārthasādhakam | graṃtho lakṣapramāṇaṃ tadvyastaṃ dvādaśasaṃhitam

Translation

«Parmi eux, la section śaiva est la quatrième, relevant de Śarva (le Seigneur Śiva) et apte à accomplir tous les buts de la vie. Cette Écriture s’étend à cent mille vers et se répartit en douze Saṃhitā.»

Word by Word

• tatra: there/in that (list)
• tatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, Adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• śaivam: Śaiva (Purāṇa)
• śaivam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• turīyam: the fourth
• turīyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: turīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; ordinal adjective qualifying śaivam

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun referring to śaivam

• śārvaṃ: Śārva (i.e., of Śarva/Śiva)
• śārvaṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śārva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; appositional to yat/śaivam

• sarva-artha-sādhakam: accomplishing all aims
• sarva-artha-sādhakam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक) + sādhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; Samāsa: Tatpuruṣa—sarvārtha 'all aims' + sādhaka 'accomplishing'; adjective qualifying śaivam

• granthaḥ: the text
• granthaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grantha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• lakṣa-pramāṇam: of the measure of one lakh (verses/units)
• lakṣa-pramāṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; Samāsa: Tatpuruṣa—'having the measure of a lakh (100,000)' (extent)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; here referring back to granthaḥ (as 'that [text]')

• vyastam: divided/arranged
• vyastam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa / Predicative (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+as (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त), Napumsakaliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; meaning 'arranged/divided'

• dvādaśa-saṃhitam: consisting of twelve saṃhitās
• dvādaśa-saṃhitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; Samāsa: Dvigu—'consisting of twelve saṃhitās'

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a site-legend; it is a canon statement: the Śaiva portion is ‘turīya’ (the fourth) and ‘śārva’ (belonging to Śarva), presented as sarvārtha-sādhaka.

Significance: Frames the Śiva Purāṇa as a mokṣa-oriented śāstra whose hearing/recitation is itself a sādhana for puruṣārtha-fulfillment, especially mokṣa through Śiva’s grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares the Śaiva teaching as a complete path that fulfills all puruṣārthas—culminating in mokṣa through devotion to Pati (Śiva) and right understanding of bondage (pāśa) and the bound soul (paśu).

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

By identifying the Śārva section as ‘all-accomplishing,’ it frames Saguna Śiva worship—especially Liṅga-upāsanā—as an authoritative means for both worldly welfare and liberation, consistent with Śaiva Siddhānta’s disciplined devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

While not naming a single rite, it points to adopting the Śaiva discipline taught in the Purāṇa—regular Śiva-pūjā (often to the Liṅga), mantra-japa (notably the pañcākṣarī), and yogic contemplation aimed at mokṣa.