Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 13

योगप्रकारनिर्णयः

Classification and Definition of Yoga

Devanagari script

विषयद्वयदोषाणां गुणानामीश्वरस्य च । दर्शनादेव सततं विरक्तं जायते मनः

Transliteration

viṣayadvayadoṣāṇāṃ guṇānāmīśvarasya ca | darśanādeva satataṃ viraktaṃ jāyate manaḥ

Translation

Par la seule contemplation des défauts des deux sortes d’objets des sens, et des qualités auspiciennes du Seigneur Īśvara (Śiva), l’esprit devient sans cesse détaché et se détourne de l’attachement au monde.

Word by Word

• विषय: sense-object
• विषय: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग — समासपूर्वपद (compound member)

• द्वय: twofold
• द्वय: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग — समासपूर्वपद (numeral ‘twofold’)

• दोषाणाम्: of the faults (in the two kinds of objects)
• दोषाणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — Genitive plural; समासः: विषय-द्वय-दोष (तत्पुरुष)

• गुणानाम्: of the qualities
• गुणानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• ईश्वरस्य: of the Lord
• ईश्वरस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय (conjunction)

• दर्शनात्: from seeing, by the vision (of)
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (अपादान/Ablative source-cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular

• एव: indeed, alone
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• सततम्: always, continually
• सततम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः — क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• विरक्तम्: detached
• विरक्तम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + √रञ्ज् (धातु) → विरक्त (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — agrees with मनः

• जायते: arises
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — is born/arises

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Frames the practical method for vairāgya: doṣa-darśana of viṣaya (sense objects) and guṇa-darśana of Īśvara; this is an inner tīrtha (purificatory contemplation) supporting Śiva-yoga.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches a classic Shaiva path to liberation: discern the inherent defects in worldly sense-experiences and steadily contemplate Shiva’s auspicious qualities; this double contemplation naturally produces vairagya (dispassion), a key prerequisite for moksha.

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

Contemplating Īśvara’s guṇas is Saguna-upāsanā: worshipping Shiva with attributes (compassion, purity, lordship). Linga-darśana and Linga-dhyāna focus the mind on these divine qualities, weakening attraction to transient pleasures and strengthening orientation to Pati (Shiva).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Daily dhyāna on Shiva’s auspicious qualities along with japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) supports this teaching; pairing it with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and rudrākṣa as reminders of impermanence and Shiva’s lordship helps stabilize detachment.