Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 8

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

जयाद्भुत जयाक्षुद्र जयाक्षत जयाव्यय । जयामेय जयामाय जयाभाव जयामल

Transliteration

jayādbhuta jayākṣudra jayākṣata jayāvyaya | jayāmeya jayāmāya jayābhāva jayāmala

Translation

જય હો, હે અદ્ભુત; જય હો, હે અક્ષુદ્ર—કદી ક્ષુદ્ર ન થનાર. જય હો, હે અક્ષત—અઘાતિત. જય હો, હે અવ્યય—અવિનાશી. જય હો, હે અમેય. જય હો, હે અમાય—માયાથી પર. જય હો, હે અભાવાતીત સત્. જય હો, હે અમલ—નિર્મળ.

Word by Word

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/उद्गार

• अद्भुत: O wondrous one
• अद्भुत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/उद्गार

• अक्षुद्र: O non-petty/great one
• अक्षुद्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-क्षुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/उद्गार

• अक्षत: O uninjured/imperishable one
• अक्षत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-क्षत (प्रातिपदिक; क्षत = कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √क्षद्/√क्षत् ‘to injure’ with क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/उद्गार

• अव्यय: O undecaying one
• अव्यय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-व्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/उद्गार

• अमेय: O immeasurable one
• अमेय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-मेय (प्रातिपदिक; मेय = कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √मा ‘to measure’ with यत्/ण्यत् sense ‘measurable’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/उद्गार

• अमाय: O guileless one
• अमाय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-माय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/उद्गार

• अभाव: O one beyond non-being (without absence)
• अभाव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/उद्गार

• अमल: O stainless/pure one
• अमल: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: जयाद्भुत जयाक्षुद्र जयाक्षत जयाव्यय । जयामेय जयामाय जयाभाव जयामल

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: destructive

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It is a victory-acclamation (jaya) that contemplates Shiva as Pati—immeasurable, imperishable, and stainless—guiding the devotee from māyā-bound limitation toward purity and liberation.

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

Though Shiva is praised as transcendent (ameya, avyaya), devotees approach Him through Saguna worship such as the Shiva-Linga, where these names are recited as qualities realized in devotion and grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice nāma-japa by repeating these epithets as a stotra, ideally alongside Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), with a calm mind—optionally during Linga-pūjā with bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as Shaiva aids.