Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 33

सर्‍वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause

Devanagari script

साम्यात्प्रसादसंपर्को धर्मस्यातिशयस्ततः । धर्मातिशयमासाद्य पशोः पापपरिक्षयः

Transliteration

sāmyātprasādasaṃparko dharmasyātiśayastataḥ | dharmātiśayamāsādya paśoḥ pāpaparikṣayaḥ

Translation

സമത്വത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ദിവ്യപ്രസാദസമ്പർക്കം ഉദിക്കുന്നു; അതിനാൽ ധർമ്മം അതിശയമായി വർധിക്കുന്നു. ആ ഉയർന്ന ധർമ്മം പ്രാപിച്ചാൽ ബന്ധിതജീവൻ (പശു) യുടെ പാപങ്ങൾ പൂർണ്ണമായി ക്ഷയിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• साम्यात्: from equality/equanimity
• साम्यात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• प्रसाद-संपर्कः: contact/association with grace
• प्रसाद-संपर्कः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक) + संपर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रसादस्य संपर्कः)

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• धर्मस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अतिशयः: excellence/increase
• अतिशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: therefrom/then
• ततः: Hetu/Nimitta (हेतु/निमित्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb)

• धर्म-अतिशयम्: the excellence of dharma
• धर्म-अतिशयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अतिशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य अतिशयः)

• आसाद्य: having attained
• आसाद्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having attained/approached’

• पशोः: of the creature/being
• पशोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• पाप-परिक्षयः: complete destruction of sin
• पाप-परिक्षयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + परिक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य परिक्षयः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

FAQs

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

It presents a Shaiva Siddhanta sequence: inner equanimity (sāmya) makes one receptive to Shiva’s grace (prasāda), which strengthens dharma and culminates in the purification of the bound soul (paśu) through the exhaustion of sin.

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

Linga-worship and devotion to Saguna Shiva are practical means to cultivate steadiness and purity; that steadiness supports receptivity to Shiva’s prasāda, through which dharma deepens and impurities are removed.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice mental equipoise through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steady daily Shiva-puja; these disciplines support sāmya and invite prasāda, leading to pāpa-kṣaya.