Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 23

अन्तराय-उपसर्ग-विवेचनम् / Analysis of Yogic Obstacles (Antarāyas) and Upasargas

Devanagari script

निर्व्रणत्वं शरीरस्य पार्थिवैश्च समन्वितम् । तदिदं षोडशगुणमाप्यमैश्वर्यमद्भुतम्

Transliteration

nirvraṇatvaṃ śarīrasya pārthivaiśca samanvitam | tadidaṃ ṣoḍaśaguṇamāpyamaiśvaryamadbhutam

Translation

Le corps devient exempt de plaies et de maladies, et se trouve aussi pourvu des excellences nées de l’élément terre. Tel est l’étonnant accomplissement de souveraineté, obtenu au seizième degré.

Word by Word

• nirvraṇatvam: woundlessness, freedom from sores
• nirvraṇatvam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nir-vraṇa-tva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); abstract noun in -त्व

• śarīrasya: of the body
• śarīrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• pārthivaiḥ: with earthly (elements/qualities)
• pārthivaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• samanvitam: endowed/combined (with)
• samanvitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-anv-ita (√अन्वि/अनु + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृदन्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with 'nirvraṇatvam'

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); appositional demonstrative

• ṣoḍaśa-guṇam: sixteenfold, of sixteen qualities
• ṣoḍaśa-guṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣoḍaśa + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); द्विगु: numeral + noun meaning 'having sixteen qualities'

• āpyam: to be attained, attainable
• āpyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āpya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying 'aiśvaryam'

• aiśvaryam: lordship, power
• aiśvaryam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• adbhutam: wonderful, marvelous
• adbhutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying 'aiśvaryam'

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Vaidyanātha

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Vaidyanātha

Sthala Purana: Śiva as the supreme physician (Vaidya) grants freedom from affliction; the liṅga is revered for healing and restoration of wholeness, echoing the motif of Śiva curing the devotee’s bodily and karmic wounds.

Significance: Sought for relief from disease, longevity, and the sense of being ‘made whole’; also interpreted as grace that heals the deeper mala-bound condition.

Mantra Metadata

Type: mahamrityunjaya

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents aiśvarya (divinely granted excellence) as a fruit of Shaiva discipline and grace—purification becomes so complete that even the body reflects wholeness, symbolizing the loosening of pāśa (bondage) under Pati’s (Shiva’s) favor.

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

In Saguna worship—especially Linga-upāsanā—devotion and regulated practice are said to yield both inner and outer transformations; the “wondrous attainment” points to Shiva’s tangible blessing that supports the seeker’s steadiness toward higher realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It implies sustained Shaiva sādhanā—regular japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), purity disciplines, and meditative absorption—through which Shiva’s grace manifests as strengthening, healing, and heightened spiritual capacity.