Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 27

अर्धनारीश्वरप्रादुर्भावः

Manifestation of Ardhanārīśvara and the Impulse for Procreative Creation

Devanagari script

जय प्रणीतपञ्चार्थप्रयोगपरमामृत । जय पञ्चार्थविज्ञानसुधास्तोत्रस्वरूपिणि

Transliteration

jaya praṇītapañcārthaprayogaparamāmṛta | jaya pañcārthavijñānasudhāstotrasvarūpiṇi

Translation

Victoire à Toi—nectar suprême de la pratique justement enseignée des Cinq Catégories. Victoire à Toi—dont la forme même est l’hymne, ambroisie de la vraie connaissance de ces Cinq Catégories.

Word by Word

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थे अव्यय (salutation)

• प्रणीत-पञ्च-अर्थ-प्रयोग-परम-अमृत: O supreme nectar of the application of the five categories, as propounded
• प्रणीत-पञ्च-अर्थ-प्रयोग-परम-अमृत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणीत (कृदन्त; प्र+√नी (धातु) क्त) + पञ्च (संख्या) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयोग (प्रातिपदिक) + परम (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—(पञ्चार्थस्य प्रयोगः) तस्य परमम् अमृतम्, प्रणीतम् (प्रवर्तितम्/प्रणीतम्)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थे अव्यय

• पञ्च-अर्थ-विज्ञान-सुधा-स्तोत्र-स्वरूपिणि: O (Goddess) who embodies the hymn that is the nectar of knowledge of the five categories
• पञ्च-अर्थ-विज्ञान-सुधा-स्तोत्र-स्वरूपिणि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + विज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + सुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूपिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—पञ्चार्थविज्ञानरूपा सुधा, तस्याः स्तोत्रस्य स्वरूपिणी (स्वरूपवती)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It praises Shiva as both the source of right practice (prayoga) and right knowledge (vijñāna) of the pañcārthas—teaching that liberation arises through disciplined worship and clear insight, ripening by Shiva’s grace.

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

By calling Shiva the ‘nectar’ of practice and the very ‘form’ of the hymn, it supports Saguna worship—stotra, dhyāna, and Linga-upāsanā—as practical means that mature into pañcārtha-vijñāna and culminate in realizing Shiva as Pati.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular stotra-recitation and mantra-japa (especially Panchakshara), combined with contemplative reflection on Pati–Paśu–Pāśa and inner purification (mala-kṣaya), aligning practice with knowledge for Shiva’s anugraha.