Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 25

अर्धनारीश्वरप्रादुर्भावः

Manifestation of Ardhanārīśvara and the Impulse for Procreative Creation

Devanagari script

जयोपाश्रितसंरक्षासंविधानपटीयसि । जयोन्मूलितसंसारविषवृक्षांकुरोद्गमे

Transliteration

jayopāśritasaṃrakṣāsaṃvidhānapaṭīyasi | jayonmūlitasaṃsāraviṣavṛkṣāṃkurodgame

Translation

Ô Puissance divine porteuse de Victoire, Tu excelles à ordonner la protection de ceux qui se réfugient en Toi. Tu es l’éclosion même, le bourgeon qui surgit lorsque la Victoire déracine l’arbre vénéneux du saṃsāra.

Word by Word

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Invocation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; स्तुत्यर्थ-निपात

• उपाश्रित-संरक्षा-संविधान-पटीयसि: O most skillful in arranging protection for those who take refuge
• उपाश्रित-संरक्षा-संविधान-पटीयसि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाश्रित (प्रातिपदिक; उप+आ+श्रि धातु से क्त) + संरक्षा (प्रातिपदिक) + संविधान (प्रातिपदिक) + पटीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक/श्रेष्ठार्थ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘उपाश्रितानां संरक्षायाः संविधानं’ (arrangement for protection of those who take refuge) + ‘पटीयसि’ (most skillful)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Invocation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; स्तुत्यर्थ-निपात

• उन्मूलित-संसार-विष-वृक्ष-अंकुर-उद्गमे: O source that uproots the sprout of the poison-tree of saṃsāra
• उन्मूलित-संसार-विष-वृक्ष-अंकुर-उद्गमे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्मूलित (प्रातिपदिक; उद्+मूल् धातु से क्त) + संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + विष (प्रातिपदिक) + वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + अंकुर (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘संसारः विषवृक्षः तस्य अंकुरः’ (sprout of the poison-tree of saṃsāra) + ‘उन्मूलित’ (uprooted) + ‘उद्गम’ (arising/source)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It praises the saving grace that protects the surrendered devotee and portrays liberation as the uprooting of saṃsāra—like destroying a poisonous tree—through divine victory and compassion.

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

In Saguna worship, the devotee takes refuge in Shiva together with His Shakti; the Linga becomes the focal support for surrender, through which protective grace is experienced and bondage is cut at the root.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice śaraṇāgati (refuge) with japa of the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” accompanied by simple Linga-pūjā; contemplate saṃsāra as a “poison-tree” being uprooted by Shiva’s grace.