Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 122

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

बोधकश्च तयोर्नित्यमनुग्रहकरः प्रभुः । अंडस्यांतर्बहिर्वर्ती रुद्रो लोकद्वयाधिपः

Transliteration

bodhakaśca tayornityamanugrahakaraḥ prabhuḥ | aṃḍasyāṃtarbahirvartī rudro lokadvayādhipaḥ

Translation

その主、すなわちこれら二者を常に目覚めさせ、絶えず恩寵を授けるお方は、宇宙卵の内にも外にも住まう両界の主権者、ルドラであります。

Word by Word

• बोधकः: instructor, enlightener
• बोधकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बोधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), द्विवचन, सर्वनाम

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूतम् (adverbial accusative)

• अनुग्रहकरः: bestower of grace
• अनुग्रहकरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह-कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अनुग्रहं करोति/अनुग्रहस्य कर्ता), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रभुः: Lord, master
• प्रभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अण्डस्य: of the cosmic egg
• अण्डस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अन्तः: inside
• अन्तः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• वर्ती: abiding, existing
• वर्ती: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत् (धातु) + ई (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (वर्तिन्/वर्ती), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोक: world
• लोक: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (stem form)

• द्वय: two
• द्वय: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समासपूर्वपद (द्वय = two), संख्यावाचक

• अधिपः: lord, ruler
• अधिपः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास (लोकद्वयस्य अधिपः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Immanence and transcendence: Rudra pervades inside the brahmāṇḍa and also stands beyond it; lordship over ‘two realms’ (interpretable as vyakta/avyakta or laukika/para).

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra

FAQs

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

It presents Rudra as Pati—the supreme Lord—who both enlightens the bound souls and grants anugraha (saving grace), remaining immanent within creation and transcendent beyond it.

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

Since Rudra is said to dwell both within and beyond the brahmāṇḍa, the Linga becomes a Saguna support for devotion and contemplation of the same transcendent Lord who also pervades all forms.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Rudra as the indwelling and transcendent Lord while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namah Shivaya), praying specifically for anugraha—inner awakening and release from pasha (bondage).