Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 6

अग्नीषोमात्मकविश्ववर्णनम् / The Universe as Agni–Soma

Fire and Nectar

Devanagari script

विद्युदादिमयन्तेजो मधुरादिमयो रसः । तेजोरसविभेदैस्तु धृतमेतच्चराचरम्

Transliteration

vidyudādimayantejo madhurādimayo rasaḥ | tejorasavibhedaistu dhṛtametaccarācaram

Translation

តេជស៍ត្រូវបានបង្កើតពីរូបរាងដូចជាផ្លេកបន្ទោរ ជាដើម; រសត្រូវបានបង្កើតពីរបៀបដូចជាភាពផ្អែម ជាដើម។ ដោយការបែងចែកនៃតេជស៍ និងរសនេះហើយ ពិភពលោកទាំងមូល—ទាំងចល និងអចល—ត្រូវបានគាំទ្រ។

Word by Word

• vidyut-ādi-mayam: made of lightning etc.
• vidyut-ādi-mayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidyut (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘consisting of lightning etc.’

• tejaḥ: splendor/energy
• tejaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• madhura-ādi-mayaḥ: made of sweet etc.
• madhura-ādi-mayaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhura (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘consisting of sweet etc.’

• rasaḥ: taste; essence
• rasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tejaḥ-rasa-vibhedaiḥ: by the distinctions of energy and taste
• tejaḥ-rasa-vibhedaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक) + rasa (प्रातिपदिक) + vibheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘by the distinctions of tejas and rasa’

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय); particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis

• dhṛtam: is sustained/held
• dhṛtam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (कृत्—क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); passive sense

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय); conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• ara-caram: the moving and the unmoving (world)
• ara-caram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); dvandva (द्वन्द्व) ‘moving and non-moving’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Annapūrṇā

Role: nurturing

FAQs

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

It points to how the manifest universe is maintained through differentiated powers (tejas) and experiential essences (rasa), encouraging the seeker to look beyond changing qualities to Shiva (Pati) as the ultimate support of all tattvas.

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

The Linga is worshipped as the sign of the all-supporting Reality: while tejas and rasa sustain the visible cosmos, Saguna Shiva is contemplated as the Lord who upholds and governs these functions, and the Linga gathers that truth into a single focus of devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the inner substratum of sensory experience—observe taste and energy as changing modes, and mentally offer them into the Linga while repeating the Panchakshara mantra, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya.”