Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 28

वीरभद्रक्रोधशमनं देवस्तुतिश्च

Pacification of Vīrabhadra and the Gods’ Hymn

Devanagari script

सर्वगर्वापहारी च सर्वतेजोविलासकः । सर्वविद्यादिगूढश्च सर्वानुग्रहकारकः

Transliteration

sarvagarvāpahārī ca sarvatejovilāsakaḥ | sarvavidyādigūḍhaśca sarvānugrahakārakaḥ

Translation

അവൻ എല്ലാ അഹങ്കാരവും അപഹരിക്കുന്നവൻ; എല്ലാ തേജസ്സിന്റെയും ലീലാവിലാസം അവൻ തന്നെ. എല്ലാ വിദ്യകളിലും അവയുടെ രഹസ്യങ്ങളിലും ഗൂഢനായി നിലകൊണ്ട്, എല്ലാവർക്കും അനുഗ്രഹം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ।

Word by Word

• सर्व-गर्व-अपहारी: remover of all pride
• सर्व-गर्व-अपहारी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अपहारी (√हृ + णिनि/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘remover of all pride’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• सर्व-तेजः-विलासकः: whose sport is all radiance
• सर्व-तेजः-विलासकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + विलासक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘one whose play/display is all splendor’

• सर्व-विद्या-आदि-गूढः: hidden within all knowledge and the like
• सर्व-विद्या-आदि-गूढः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + गूढ (√गुह्/गूह् + क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘hidden in/behind all knowledge etc.’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• सर्व-अनुग्रह-कारकः: bestower of all grace
• सर्व-अनुग्रह-कारकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘maker/doer of all grace’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse praises Shiva as Pati (the Lord) whose anugraha (grace) dissolves garva (ego), the chief bondage that keeps the pashu (individual soul) tied by pasha (limitations). In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, ego is removed not merely by intellect but by Shiva’s compassionate bestowal of clarity and inner radiance.

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

Linga-worship trains the devotee in humility and surrender—precisely the antidote to pride. By approaching Saguna Shiva through the Linga (with mantra and offerings), the seeker becomes receptive to Shiva’s hidden presence within all knowledge, culminating in the experience of His tejas (spiritual brilliance) as grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily Panchakshara japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") with a humility-vow, ideally alongside Tripundra (bhasma) and Rudraksha as reminders to abandon garva and seek anugraha. Meditatively, contemplate Shiva as the inner source of all learning and the giver of grace beyond personal effort.