Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 6

साधक-दीक्षा तथा मन्त्रसाधन

Puraścaraṇa and the Discipline of the Mantra-Sādhaka

Devanagari script

तवैहिकामुष्मिकयोः सर्वसिद्धिफलप्रदः । भवत्येव महामन्त्रः प्रसादात्परमेष्ठिनः

Transliteration

tavaihikāmuṣmikayoḥ sarvasiddhiphalapradaḥ | bhavatyeva mahāmantraḥ prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ

Translation

Pour toi, en ce monde comme dans l’au-delà, ce Grand Mantra devient véritablement le dispensateur de toute réussite et de ses fruits, par la grâce du Seigneur Suprême (Parameṣṭhin).

Word by Word

• तव: of you; your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ऐहिक-अमुष्मिकयोः: of the worldly and otherworldly (both)
• ऐहिक-अमुष्मिकयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐहिक (प्रातिपदिक) + अमुष्मिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास; द्विवचन-रूपेण षष्ठी/सप्तमी (dual genitive/locative) — here षष्ठी द्विवचन (for 'of both'); विशेषणम् (implied: फलयोः/सिद्ध्योः)

• सर्व-सिद्धि-फल-प्रदः: giver of the fruits of all attainments
• सर्व-सिद्धि-फल-प्रदः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वाणां सिद्धीनां फलानां प्रदः)

• भवति: is/becomes
• भवति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• एव: indeed; certainly
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• महामन्त्रः: the great mantra
• महामन्त्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: from (the) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• परमेष्ठिनः: of the Supreme Lord (Parameṣṭhin)
• परमेष्ठिनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that true efficacy of mantra is not merely mechanical; the Great Mantra bears both worldly welfare and liberation-oriented fruits when empowered by Śiva’s grace (prasāda), aligning the seeker (paśu) toward the Lord (Pati) beyond bondage (pāśa).

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

In Shaiva practice, mantra-japa is commonly performed before the Śiva-liṅga as Saguna Śiva, and the verse emphasizes that results arise through the Lord’s favor—meaning external worship and inner remembrance converge when devotion invokes His prasāda.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular mahāmantra-japa (such as the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with devotion, ideally alongside liṅga-pūjā, vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) remembrance, and disciplined conduct, is implied as the means by which siddhi and higher spiritual fruits mature through grace.