Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 21
अर्धनारीश्वरप्रादुर्भावः
Manifestation of Ardhanārīśvara and the Impulse for Procreative Creation
जयात्मत्रयनिर्मात्रि जयात्मत्रयपालिनि । जयात्मत्रयसंहर्त्रि जयात्मत्रयनायिके
jayātmatrayanirmātri jayātmatrayapālini | jayātmatrayasaṃhartri jayātmatrayanāyike
ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഓ ആത്മത്രയം സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്ന മാതാവേ; ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഓ ആത്മത്രയം പാലിക്കുന്നവളേ. ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഓ ആത്മത്രയം സംഹരിക്കുന്നവളേ; ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഓ ആത്മത്രയത്തിന്റെ നായികേ॥
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Mantra: जयात्मत्रयनिर्मात्रि जयात्मत्रयपालिनि । जयात्मत्रयसंहर्त्रि जयात्मत्रयनायिके
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It praises the Divine Mother as the Shakti through whom the triadic cosmic functions—manifestation, preservation, and withdrawal—operate, pointing the devotee toward surrender to Shiva-Shakti as the means to liberation.
In Shiva Purana devotion, the Linga signifies Shiva as Pati, while this verse highlights Shakti as His inseparable power; worship becomes complete when the devotee honors the Saguna form of Shiva together with the Mother who enables all cosmic activity.
Use it as a stotra during japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), mentally contemplating the three functions—creation, sustenance, dissolution—while offering bilva leaves or applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as an act of Shaiva surrender.