Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11

शिवशक्त्यैक्य-तत्त्वविचारः / Inquiry into the Unity of Śiva and Śakti

Para–Apara Ontology

Devanagari script

प्रभया हि विनायद्वद्भानुरेष न विद्यते । प्रभा च भानुना तेन सुतरां तदुपाश्रया

Transliteration

prabhayā hi vināyadvadbhānureṣa na vidyate | prabhā ca bhānunā tena sutarāṃ tadupāśrayā

Translation

この太陽がその光輝なくして存し得ないように、その光輝もまた太陽に全く依ってこそ存する。同様に、顕現した力と力の保持者とは相互に不可分である—されどその力は、支えとして常に主に依止する。

Word by Word

• prabhayā: by/with radiance
• prabhayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात), emphasis

• vinā: without
• vinā: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), preposition-like ‘without’; governs instrumental (तृतीया)

• yat-vat: as/like
• yat-vat: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), comparative particle (उपमानवाचक) ‘as/like’

• bhānuḥ: the sun
• bhānuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), negation particle (निषेध)

• vidyate: exists/is found
• vidyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद्)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• prabhā: radiance
• prabhā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• bhānunā: by/with the sun
• bhānunā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• tena: by that/therefore
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• sutarām: exceedingly
• sutarām: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sutarām (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘very much/exceedingly’

• tad-upāśrayā: dependent on that
• tad-upāśrayā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + upāśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘dependent on that’ (तदुपाश्रया) qualifying prabhā

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that the Lord (Pati) and His power are inseparable like the sun and its radiance, yet all manifested power ultimately depends upon Shiva as the sustaining support—guiding the seeker toward reliance on the Supreme for liberation.

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

The Linga signifies Shiva as the foundational reality in whom all energies and forms abide; worship of Saguna Shiva trains devotion to the Support of all manifestation, while recognizing that His śakti and His presence are never separate.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the inner support of all experiences and repeat the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with the contemplation that every power—body, breath, mind—shines only by resting in Him.