Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 167

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

ताभ्यामेव समाज्ञाता ममाभिप्रेतसिद्धये । कर्मेदमनुमन्यंतां सफलं साध्वनुष्ठितम्

Transliteration

tābhyāmeva samājñātā mamābhipretasiddhaye | karmedamanumanyaṃtāṃ saphalaṃ sādhvanuṣṭhitam

Translation

我が意図する成就のために、ただその二尊を通してのみ、この教令を示した。願わくはこの儀礼が認められ——善く修され、必ずや果報を結ばんことを。

Word by Word

• tābhyām: by those two
• tābhyām: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter/Masculine/Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Dual; demonstrative pronoun ‘by those two’

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• sam-ājñātāḥ: were fully recognized/approved
• sam-ājñātāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + ā + jñā (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) of √jñā ‘to know/recognize’, with prefixes sam-ā-; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; ‘having been fully known/recognized’

• mama: my
• mama: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; pronoun

• abhipreta-siddhaye: for the attainment of what is intended
• abhipreta-siddhaye: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhipreta + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; समासः तत्पुरुषः (abhipretāyāḥ siddhiḥ)

• karma: this rite/action
• karma: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; subject of ‘anumanyantām’

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; apposition to karma

• anumanyantām: let (them) approve
• anumanyantām: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + man (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; Parasmaipada; ‘let them approve/permit’

• saphalam: fruitful
• saphalam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agrees with karma/idam; समासः कर्मधारयः (‘having fruit’)

• sādhu: well
• sādhu: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sādhu (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय: ‘well, properly’

• anuṣṭhitam: performed
• anuṣṭhitam: Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + sthā (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) of √sthā with prefix anu-; Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate to karma/idam

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse emphasizes that spiritual acts become truly fruitful when they are aligned with Shiva’s will and performed correctly; in Shaiva Siddhanta, right action (kriyā) gains efficacy through the Lord’s anugraha (grace) and sanction.

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

Linga-worship is a concrete (saguṇa) mode of approaching Shiva; this verse highlights that such worship yields results when authorized by right tradition and carried out with proper observance—Shiva’s approval is the inner source of its power.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is to perform Shiva-kriyā—such as Linga-pūjā with mantra-japa (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—carefully and according to injunctions, seeking Shiva’s inner assent so the practice becomes saphala (fruit-bearing).