Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 17

शिवसंस्कार-दीक्षानिरूपणम् (Śivasaṃskāra and the Typology of Dīkṣā)

Devanagari script

आनंदबोधयोर्लिंगमंतःकरणविक्रियाः । यथा स्यात्कंपरोमांचस्वरनेत्रांगविक्रियाः

Transliteration

ānaṃdabodhayorliṃgamaṃtaḥkaraṇavikriyāḥ | yathā syātkaṃparomāṃcasvaranetrāṃgavikriyāḥ

Translation

Les transformations de l’instrument intérieur (mental, intellect, ego et mémoire) sont les signes de la béatitude et de la connaissance éveillée : tremblements, chair de poule, altération de la voix, larmes aux yeux et autres réactions du corps.

Word by Word

• आनन्द: bliss
• आनन्द: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• बोधयोः: of bliss and awakening
• बोधयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (इतरेतर): आनन्द-बोध (आनन्दश्च बोधश्च); ततः षष्ठी/सप्तमी-द्विवचनरूपम्: -योः (genitive/locative dual)

• लिङ्गम्: the sign, indicator
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अन्तःकरण: inner instrument (mind)
• अन्तःकरण: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तःकरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: अन्तः + करण (अन्तःस्थितं करणम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• विक्रियाः: modifications/changes
• विक्रियाः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: अन्तःकरण-विक्रियाः (अन्तःकरणस्य विक्रियाः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as, just as)

• स्यात्: would be/should be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कम्प: trembling
• कम्प: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• रोमाञ्च: horripilation
• रोमाञ्च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमाञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• स्वर: voice, tone
• स्वर: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• नेत्र: eye
• नेत्र: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• अङ्ग: limb
• अङ्ग: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• विक्रियाः: changes such as trembling, goosebumps, voice/eye/limb changes
• विक्रियाः: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-समास (सूचीसमास): कम्प-रोमाञ्च-स्वर-नेत्र-अङ्ग-विक्रियाः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Gives experiential criteria for authentic transformation; helps pilgrims distinguish genuine bhāva born of grace from mere display, supporting ethical and spiritual integrity in devotional communities.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that when Shiva’s grace ripens devotion and meditation, inner realization (bodha) and bliss (ānanda) manifest through discernible changes in the mind and even the body—showing the devotee’s consciousness is being purified and uplifted toward liberation.

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

In Linga worship, the devotee concentrates on Saguna Shiva as the accessible form of the Supreme; as devotion deepens, the mind’s modifications become sattvic and may overflow into visible devotional symptoms, indicating the heart is turning toward Shiva as Pati (Lord) and away from pasha (bondage).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with Linga-dhyāna, along with purity practices like Tripuṇḍra bhasma and Rudrāksha (where traditional), is implied as the kind of worship that matures into inner bliss and awakened knowledge.