Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 45

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Devanagari script

मयैव शिष्यते दत्तो मम ज्ञानप्रवर्तकः । धर्माध्यक्षाभिषेकं च तव निर्वर्तयिष्यति

Transliteration

mayaiva śiṣyate datto mama jñānapravartakaḥ | dharmādhyakṣābhiṣekaṃ ca tava nirvartayiṣyati

Translation

「彼は我がみずから授けた弟子であり、我が解脱の智の伝承を興隆させる者である。彼は汝のダルマ監護者としての灌頂（アビシェーカ）を、しかるべく執り行うであろう。」

Word by Word

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana; instrumental agent

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta

• śiṣyate: is taught / is made a disciple
• śiṣyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śās (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present/लट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ātmanepada; passive sense ‘is instructed/discipled’ (contextual)

• dattaḥ: given / appointed
• dattaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicative (given/appointed)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana

• jñāna-pravartakaḥ: promoter of knowledge
• jñāna-pravartakaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + pravartaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (‘promoter/initiator of knowledge’); apposition to (implied) he

• dharma-adhyakṣa-abhiṣekam: the consecration as overseer of dharma
• dharma-adhyakṣa-abhiṣekam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + adhyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + abhiṣeka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa chain: ‘consecration (abhiṣeka) of the superintendent (adhyakṣa) of dharma’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avyaya (conjunction)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana

• nirvartayiṣyati: will accomplish / will perform
• nirvartayiṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (Periphrastic future/लुट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada; causative nuance ‘will carry out/complete’

Speaker

Lord Shiva (inferred, Vāyavīyasaṃhitā philosophical-initiatory context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord who authorizes true discipleship and ensures the orderly transmission of liberating knowledge (jñāna) that supports dharma and leads toward moksha.

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

By emphasizing consecration (abhiṣeka) and dharma-office, it aligns with Saguna Shiva worship where ritual anointing of the Linga and ordained duties become vehicles for inner purification and the maturation of Shiva-given knowledge.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse points to abhiṣeka performed with dharmic intention; practically, one may combine Linga-abhiṣeka with steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as a discipline under proper guidance.