Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 41

षडध्व-शुद्धिः

Purification of the Six Adhvans / Sixfold Cosmic Path

Devanagari script

ततः शिष्यं समालभ्य जपित्वा कर्णयोः शिवम् । देवस्य दक्षिणे भागे तं शिष्यमधिवासयेत्

Transliteration

tataḥ śiṣyaṃ samālabhya japitvā karṇayoḥ śivam | devasya dakṣiṇe bhāge taṃ śiṣyamadhivāsayet

Translation

Ensuite, prenant le disciple tout près, le précepteur doit murmurer à ses deux oreilles le mantra sacré de Śiva. Puis il fera demeurer ce disciple à la droite du Seigneur (la divinité), l’y établissant pour le culte consacré.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (काल/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तर्य-बोधक (then/thereafter)

• शिष्यम्: the disciple
• शिष्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समालभ्य: having taken/approached
• समालभ्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); उपसर्गाः—सम्, आ

• जपित्वा: having muttered (a mantra)
• जपित्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• कर्णयोः: in (both) ears
• कर्णयोः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), द्विवचन

• शिवम्: Śiva (name/mantra)
• शिवम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दक्षिणे: on the right
• दक्षिणे: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘भागे’ विशेषण

• भागे: side/portion
• भागे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शिष्यम्: the disciple
• शिष्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘तम्’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• अधिवासयेत्: should seat/should lodge
• अधिवासयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-वास् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः—अधि; णिच् (causative) भावः—‘वासयति’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: (implied) oṃ namaḥ śivāya / “śivam” (śiva-nāma/mantra) karṇayoḥ

Type: panchakshara

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights Śaiva dīkṣā: the disciple is inwardly linked to Pati (Śiva) through mantra received at the ear, and outwardly established in an auspicious, disciplined proximity to the deity—signifying entry into regulated worship and grace-led purification.

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

The “right side of the Lord” points to formal, temple-style Saguna worship (including Liṅga worship), where the initiate is ritually positioned and authorized to serve the deity after receiving Śiva-mantra from the guru.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Mantra-japa given through ear-initiation (karnopadeśa) and a consecrated seating/adhivāsa near the deity—implying disciplined repetition of Śiva-mantra (commonly the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as part of daily pūjā and meditation.