Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 113

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

हिरण्यगर्भो लोकेशो विराट्कालश्च पूरुषः । सनत्कुमारः सनकः सनंदश्च सनातनः

Transliteration

hiraṇyagarbho lokeśo virāṭkālaśca pūruṣaḥ | sanatkumāraḥ sanakaḥ sanaṃdaśca sanātanaḥ

Translation

彼はヒラニヤガルバ、諸世界の主。彼は宇宙の大形にして、時そのもの、至上のプルシャである。また彼はサナトクマーラ、サナカ、サナンダ、サナータナとしても現れ、永遠の聖仙となって衆生の魂を教導する。

Word by Word

• हिरण्यगर्भः: Hiraṇyagarbha
• हिरण्यगर्भः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; nominal list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘हिरण्यस्य गर्भः’ (golden-embryo; epithet)

• लोकेशः: Lord of the worlds
• लोकेशः: Karta (कर्ता; nominal list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘लोकानाम् ईशः’ (lord of worlds)

• विराट्कालः: Virāṭ-Time (cosmic time)
• विराट्कालः: Karta (कर्ता; nominal list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट् (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: ‘विराट् एव कालः’ (the cosmic/manifest Time)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• पूरुषः: Puruṣa (Cosmic Person)
• पूरुषः: Karta (कर्ता; nominal list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सनत्कुमारः: Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारः: Karta (कर्ता; nominal list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘सनत् (नित्य) कुमारः’ (ever-youthful)

• सनकः: Sanaka
• सनकः: Karta (कर्ता; nominal list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सनंदः: Sananda
• सनंदः: Karta (कर्ता; nominal list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• सनातनः: Sanātana
• सनातनः: Karta (कर्ता; nominal list item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Cosmic identification of the Lord with Hiraṇyagarbha, Virāṭ, Kāla, and Puruṣa (macrocosmic theophany)

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Sanatkumara
• Sanaka
• Sananda
• Sanatana

FAQs

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

It teaches non-dual supremacy of Pati (Shiva) by listing cosmic principles and revered sages as His manifestations—showing that creation (Hiraṇyagarbha), governance (Lokeśa), the universe (Virāṭ), and dissolution through Time (Kāla) all rest in the one Supreme Purusha.

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

By naming accessible forms and functions of the Supreme, it supports Saguna contemplation: the devotee worships the Linga as the single support of all—creator-principle, cosmic form, time-power, and inner Self—while remembering that these are expressions of the one Shiva beyond attributes.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as Kāla and the inner Purusha while japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), visualizing the Linga as the axis of Virāṭ; this aligns the mind with detachment from time-bound change and turns it toward liberation.