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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 88

शिवशक्त्यैक्य-तत्त्वविचारः / Inquiry into the Unity of Śiva and Śakti

Para–Apara Ontology

पुनः पुनः समभ्यस्येत्तस्य नास्तीह दुर्ल्लभम्

punaḥ punaḥ samabhyasyettasya nāstīha durllabham

En le pratiquant encore et encore, pour ce chercheur rien n’est introuvable en ce monde—surtout la grâce de Śiva qui mène au-delà des liens.

पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)
पुनःagain (repeatedly)
पुनः:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb); पुनरुक्ति—बारंबारार्थे
समभ्यस्येत्should practice repeatedly
समभ्यस्येत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+अभि+अस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
तस्यfor him/of him
तस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
not
:
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
इहhere (in this path/context)
इह:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
दुर्लभम्hard to obtain
दुर्लभम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

Suta Goswami

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Significance: Promises comprehensive attainability through repeated practice—classically read in Siddhānta as: sustained upāsanā purifies mala/karma and culminates in Śiva’s anugraha, the true ‘nothing unattainable’ (including liberation).

Type: stotra

Role: liberating

S
Shiva

FAQs

It teaches that steady, repeated abhyāsa is the key that makes even the highest goal—Śiva’s grace and liberation from pāśa (bondage)—no longer “difficult to attain.”

It supports the Shaiva method of consistent daily worship—repeated pūjā, japa, and remembrance of Saguna Śiva (including the Liṅga)—by which the mind becomes fit to realize Śiva as Pati and transcend limitation.

Regular repetition (japa) and disciplined practice—especially Panchākṣarī mantra-japa, along with steady worship practices such as bhasma/tripuṇḍra and Rudrākṣa when undertaken with devotion.