Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 55

भक्ताधिकारि-द्विजधर्म-योगिलक्षणवर्णनम् / Duties of Qualified Devotees and Marks of Yogins

Devanagari script

शिवे निविष्टचित्तानां प्रतिष्ठितधियां सताम् । परत्रेह च सर्वत्र निर्वृतिः परमा भवेत्

Transliteration

śive niviṣṭacittānāṃ pratiṣṭhitadhiyāṃ satām | paratreha ca sarvatra nirvṛtiḥ paramā bhavet

Translation

Pour les êtres vrais et vertueux dont l’esprit demeure absorbé en Śiva et dont l’intelligence est solidement établie, la paix suprême et l’accomplissement naissent partout — ici-bas comme dans l’au-delà.

Word by Word

• शिवे: in Śiva
• शिवे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• निविष्ट-चित्तानाम्: of those whose minds are absorbed
• निविष्ट-चित्तानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; नि√विश्) + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘निविष्टं चित्तं येषाम्’ (whose minds are absorbed)

• प्रतिष्ठित-धियाम्: of those with steady understanding
• प्रतिष्ठित-धियाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; प्रति√स्था) + धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘प्रतिष्ठिता धिः येषाम्’ (of steady intellect)

• सताम्: of the good (saints)
• सताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘सत्’ = good/virtuous persons

• परत्र: hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘in the other world/thereafter’)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘here/in this world’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction: ‘and’)

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘everywhere’)

• निर्वृतिः: peace, bliss
• निर्वृतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परमा: supreme
• परमा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• भवेत्: would be / may arise
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Establishes the fruit of Śiva-niṣṭhā: nirvṛti (supreme repose) in both iha and paratra; supports the pilgrim ideal that inner absorption is the highest tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that when the mind is steadily absorbed in Pati (Śiva) and the intellect is established in right understanding, the devotee attains nirvṛti—supreme peace—both in worldly life and after death, indicating liberation from pāśa (bondage).

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

Absorption in Śiva can be cultivated through Saguna worship such as Liṅga-pūjā, where the devotee fixes the mind on Śiva’s presence; that steady focus matures into inner realization, yielding peace everywhere.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily Śiva-upāsanā with japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and meditation that anchors the mind in Śiva; this steadiness is the direct means to the verse’s promised nirvṛti.