Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 38

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

पवित्रं परमं ब्रह्म प्रार्थितं मे प्रयच्छतु । शंखकुंदेंदुधवलं संध्याख्यं सौम्यलक्षणम्

Transliteration

pavitraṃ paramaṃ brahma prārthitaṃ me prayacchatu | śaṃkhakuṃdeṃdudhavalaṃ saṃdhyākhyaṃ saumyalakṣaṇam

Translation

至上にして最も清浄なる超越のブラフマンよ、我が祈願を授け給え—法螺貝と茉莉花と月のごとく白く、「サンディヤー」と称され、柔和にして吉祥の相を具える御方よ。

Word by Word

• पवित्रम्: pure, holy
• पवित्रम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg adjective)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg adjective)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• प्रार्थितम्: requested, prayed for
• प्रार्थितम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (past passive participle: ‘requested’)

• मे: of me, my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6) एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive sg pronoun)

• प्रयच्छतु: may (he/it) grant
• प्रयच्छतु: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (let him/it give)

• शंख-कुंद-इंदु-धवलम्: white like conch, jasmine, and moon
• शंख-कुंद-इंदु-धवलम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक) + कुंद (प्रातिपदिक) + इंदु (प्रातिपदिक) + धवल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; बहुपद-कर्मधारयसमासः (descriptive compound: ‘white like conch, jasmine, moon’)

• संध्या-आख्यम्: called ‘Sandhyā’
• संध्या-आख्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (named ‘Sandhyā’)

• सौम्य-लक्षणम्: of gentle marks/characteristics
• सौम्य-लक्षणम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (having gentle/pleasant characteristics)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: pavitraṃ paramaṃ brahma prārthitaṃ me prayacchatu | śaṃkhakuṃdeṃdudhavalaṃ saṃdhyākhyaṃ saumyalakṣaṇam

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents the Supreme Reality as utterly pure and compassionate—Parabrahman (understood in Shaiva Siddhanta as Pati, Lord Shiva) who grants grace to the devotee and is meditated upon through auspicious, luminous qualities.

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

Though it points to the transcendent Brahman, it simultaneously provides a Saguna meditation-support: Shiva’s gentle, radiant whiteness (conch-jasmine-moon) becomes an aid for dhyāna and devotion, which culminates in realizing the transcendent.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple dhyāna is implied: pray for Shiva’s grace and contemplate His serene, moonlike radiance at Sandhyā-time (twilight), aligning the mind with purity and auspiciousness before japa or worship.