Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 65

मङ्गलाचरणम्, तीर्थ-परिसरः, सूतागमनम् — Invocation, Sacred Setting, and the Arrival of Sūta

Devanagari script

चतुःसाहस्रकं यत्तु वायवीयमुदीरितम् । तदिदं वर्तयिष्यामि भागद्वयसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

catuḥsāhasrakaṃ yattu vāyavīyamudīritam | tadidaṃ vartayiṣyāmi bhāgadvayasamanvitam

Translation

四千の偈より成ると宣せられたヴァーヤヴィーヤの聖典——まさにこの本文を、二部を具えて、今ここに説き明かそう。

Word by Word

• catuḥ-sāhasrakam: the set of four thousand (verses)
• catuḥ-sāhasrakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक) + ka (प्रत्यय)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Dvitīyā vibhakti (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); dvigu: catuḥ-sāhasram (four-thousand) + -ka forming a collective/measure noun

• yat: which
• yat: Anuyogi (अनुयोगी/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Napuṃsaka (नपुंसक), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), avadhāraṇa/viśeṣaṇa-nipāta (emphasis/contrast particle)

• vāyavīyam: Vāyavīya (pertaining to Vāyu)
• vāyavīyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāyavīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); used adjectivally qualifying an implied 'śāstram/saṃhitā' or the preceding neuter

• udīritam: declared; proclaimed
• udīritam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-īr (उद्+ईर् धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta (कृदन्त), past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Napuṃsaka (नपुंसक), Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; 'uttered/declared'

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Napuṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Napuṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• vartayiṣyāmi: I will expound; I will set in motion
• vartayiṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (वृत् धातु, causative vartay-)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्, periphrastic future), Uttama-puruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन); causative (णिच्) sense: 'I will set forth/expound'

• bhāga-dvaya-samanvitam: endowed with two parts
• bhāga-dvaya-samanvitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka (नपुंसक), Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: bhāgadvayena samanvitam (endowed with two parts)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

FAQs

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

It formally announces the transmission of the Vāyavīya teaching as a complete, structured revelation—implying that liberation-oriented Shaiva knowledge is to be approached through an ordered scriptural unfolding (adhyāya and bhāga), not as scattered ideas.

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

As an opening declaration, it sets the stage for the Vāyu Saṃhitā’s integrated Shaiva presentation where Saguna worship (such as devotion to Śiva’s forms and symbols like the Liṅga) is taught alongside deeper tattva-vicāra, guiding the seeker from ritual devotion toward mature understanding.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse itself prescribes no specific rite; its practical takeaway is śravaṇa (reverent listening) and scriptural contemplation as a disciplined practice—preparing the aspirant for later teachings on mantra, bhasma, rudrākṣa, and yoga in the Saṃhitā.