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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 9

षडध्ववेदनम् (Ṣaḍadhva-vedanam) — The Sixfold Path: Sound, Meaning, and Tattva-Distribution

सर्वेषामपि वै पुंसां नैजशुद्ध्यनुरूपतः । लयभोगाधिकारास्स्युस्सर्वतत्त्वविभागतः

sarveṣāmapi vai puṃsāṃ naijaśuddhyanurūpataḥ | layabhogādhikārāssyussarvatattvavibhāgataḥ

まことに、あらゆる衆生においては、それぞれの内なる清浄の度合いに応じて、解脱へと融け入るラヤ(laya)への資格、あるいは世間の果を味わうボーガ(bhoga)への資格が、諸タットヴァ(実在の原理)の区別にもとづいて生起する。

सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (particle: also/even)
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)
पुंसाम्of men/persons
पुंसाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपुंस्/पुम्स् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन
नैज-शुद्धि-अनुरूपतःaccording to one’s own purity
नैज-शुद्धि-अनुरूपतः:
Hetu (हेतु/Reason-basis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनैज+शुद्धि+अनुरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; अर्थः: ‘according to’; आधारः: ‘one’s own purity’
लय-भोग-अधिकाराःentitlements (to dissolution and enjoyment)
लय-भोग-अधिकाराः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootलय+भोग+अधिकार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘rights/entitlements regarding dissolution and enjoyment’
स्युःwould be/are (as a rule)
स्युः:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
सर्व-तत्त्व-विभागतःaccording to the division of all tattvas
सर्व-तत्त्व-विभागतः:
Hetu (हेतु/Reason-basis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्व+तत्त्व+विभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; अर्थः: ‘from/according to the division of all principles’

Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya philosophical teaching to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Role: liberating

S
Shiva

FAQs

It teaches that the soul’s path—continued worldly experience (bhoga) or movement toward liberation (laya)—depends on one’s inner purity and one’s entanglement or freedom across the tattvas, aligning with Shaiva Siddhanta’s view of gradual purification under Shiva’s grace.

Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva devotion are presented as purifying means: as purity increases through disciplined worship, the aspirant’s orientation shifts from bhoga-driven life to laya—inner absorption in Shiva, the Pati beyond tattvas.

The implied takeaway is purification-oriented sadhana—regular japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation that loosens attachment to bhoga, and Shaiva disciplines such as bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa when taught in context as aids to inner śuddhi.