Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 57

पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati

Devanagari script

कालादिभिः परो यस्मात्प्रपञ्चः परिवर्तते । धर्मावहं पापनुदं भोगेशं विश्वधाम च

Transliteration

kālādibhiḥ paro yasmātprapañcaḥ parivartate | dharmāvahaṃ pāpanudaṃ bhogeśaṃ viśvadhāma ca

Translation

Parce qu’il transcende le temps et ce qui s’y apparente, tout le cosmos manifesté accomplit ses cycles par sa seule puissance. Il confère le dharma, chasse le péché, est le Seigneur de toutes jouissances et la demeure universelle—Śiva, le Pati suprême.

Word by Word

• काल-आदिभिः: by time and the rest
• काल-आदिभिः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (beginning with time)

• परः: supreme, beyond
• परः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• यस्मात्: from whom / because of whom
• यस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान/From whom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• प्रपञ्चः: the manifested world
• प्रपञ्चः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परिवर्तते: changes, revolves
• परिवर्तते: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• धर्म-आवहम्: bringing righteousness
• धर्म-आवहम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + आवह (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (bringing dharma)

• पाप-नुदम्: dispelling sin
• पाप-नुदम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नुद् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कृदन्त: क्विप्-प्रत्ययान्त (नुद् = driving away), तत्पुरुष (sin-dispelling)

• भोग-ईशम्: lord of enjoyments
• भोग-ईशम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (lord of enjoyment)

• विश्व-धाम: abode of the universe
• विश्व-धाम: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + धामन्/धाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (abode of the universe)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Cyclic revolution of prapañca under the Lord’s transcendence to kāla (time) implied—cosmic cycles (sṛṣṭi-sthiti-saṃhāra) grounded in Pati.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It identifies Śiva as Pati—beyond time and all limiting categories—yet the very power by which the world’s change and order proceed; thus, refuge in Him brings dharma and the removal of sin.

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

Though Śiva is described as transcendent (beyond time), devotees approach that same supreme reality through Saguna worship—especially the Śiva-liṅga—as the accessible support (viśvadhāma) of the universe.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Contemplate Śiva as beyond kāla while chanting the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and adopt dharmic conduct; such devotion is presented as a means to cleanse pāpa and align one’s life with Śiva’s order.