Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 30

षडध्व-शुद्धिः

Purification of the Six Adhvans / Sixfold Cosmic Path

Devanagari script

ततो मलादेस्तत्त्वादौ व्याप्तिं समलोकयेत् । कलाव्याप्तिं मलादौ च हुत्वा संदीपयेत्कलाः

Transliteration

tato malādestattvādau vyāptiṃ samalokayet | kalāvyāptiṃ malādau ca hutvā saṃdīpayetkalāḥ

Translation

Ensuite, qu’on contemple clairement la pénétration (vyāpti) commençant par Mala et s’étendant à travers les principes (tattvas). Ayant offert en oblation la pénétration des Kalā dans Mala et le reste, qu’on attise et réveille les Kalā.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘thereafter/from that’

• मलादेः: of mala etc. (impurities and the like)
• मलादेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• तत्त्वादौ: in the tattva(s) etc.; at the level of principles
• तत्त्वादौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• व्याप्तिम्: pervasion
• व्याप्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• सम्: together/fully (preverb)
• सम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग (preverb) used with verb ‘लोकयेत्’

• आलोकयेत्: should observe/visualize
• आलोकयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लोक् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आलोकयेत्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should observe/visualize’

• कलाव्याप्तिम्: the pervasion of kalā
• कलाव्याप्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला-व्याप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• मलादौ: in mala etc.
• मलादौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

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

• हुत्वा: having offered
• हुत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु) → हुत्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): ‘having offered (into fire)’

• संदीपयेत्: should kindle/enkindle
• संदीपयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + दीप् (धातु) → संदीपयेत्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should kindle/ignite’

• कलाः: the kalā(s)
• कलाः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural (object of ‘संदीपयेत्’)

Speaker

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

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches a Shaiva Siddhanta-style inner practice: discern the soul’s bondage (mala) and the spread of reality through tattvas, then perform an inner “offering” that dissolves bondage and awakens the soul’s divine faculties (kalās) toward liberation under Śiva’s grace.

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

In Linga-worship and Saguna Śiva-upāsanā, the meditator recognizes Śiva as the all-pervading Pati beyond mala and tattvas; this verse frames that recognition as vyāpti-dhyāna and inner oblation—offering limitations into the presence of Śiva symbolized by the Linga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A meditative ‘inner homa’: contemplate pervasion from mala through tattvas, mentally offer the kalā-vyāpti into mala (dissolving bonds), and kindle the kalās—supported by japa (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and focused dhyāna on Śiva as the indwelling Reality.