Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 51

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

महादेवादयश्चान्ये तथैकादशमूर्तयः । शक्तिभिस्सहितास्सर्वे तृतीयावरणे स्थिताः

Transliteration

mahādevādayaścānye tathaikādaśamūrtayaḥ | śaktibhissahitāssarve tṛtīyāvaraṇe sthitāḥ

Translation

Mahādeva et les autres formes divines, ainsi que les Onze Manifestations, toutes accompagnées de leurs Śaktis propres, demeurent dans la troisième enceinte (āvaraṇa) de cet agencement sacré.

Word by Word

• महादेव-आदयः: those beginning with Mahādeva
• महादेव-आदयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (महादेवः आदिः येषाम्); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• एकादश-मूर्तयः: the eleven forms
• एकादश-मूर्तयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादश (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (एकादश मूर्तयः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• शक्तिभिः: with powers; by/with Śaktis
• शक्तिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सहिताः: accompanied (by)
• सहिताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from √सह)
• Form: कृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तृतीय-आवरणे: in the third enclosure/covering
• तृतीय-आवरणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक) + आवरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (तृतीयम् आवरणम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्थिताः: situated; stationed
• स्थिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/क्तवतु-भाव, past participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shakti
• Ekadasha Murtis
• Mahadeva

FAQs

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

It presents a Shaiva view of reality as an ordered sacred “enclosure” where Shiva’s forms are inseparable from Śakti, implying that divine power (Śakti) is not separate from the Lord (Pati) and that devotion should honor their unity.

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

The verse supports Saguna worship by affirming multiple divine manifestations around the central reality of Shiva; in Linga worship, these forms are contemplated as emanations or attendants of the Linga’s supreme presence, approached through layered reverence (āvaraṇa-pūjā).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is āvaraṇa-bhāvanā—meditating on Shiva with His Śaktis and forms in successive “circles,” while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and offering bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) as a sign of surrender to Shiva’s all-pervading order.