Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 61

उपमन्युतपः-निवारणप्रसङ्गः / Śiva restrains Upamanyu’s tapas (Śiva disguised as Indra)

Devanagari script

अजरश्चामरश्चैव भव त्वन्दुःखवर्जितः । यशस्वी तेजसा युक्तो दिव्यज्ञानसमन्वितः

Transliteration

ajaraścāmaraścaiva bhava tvanduḥkhavarjitaḥ | yaśasvī tejasā yukto divyajñānasamanvitaḥ

Translation

നീ അജരനും അമരനും ആയി, ദുഃഖവിമുക്തനായി ഇരിക്ക. യശസ്സോടെ, ആത്മതേജസ്സാൽ യുക്തനായി, ദിവ്യജ്ഞാനസമന്വിതനായി ഇരിക്ക.

Word by Word

• ajaraḥ: ageless
• ajaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ajara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• amaraḥ: deathless/immortal
• amaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• bhava: be (you become)
• bhava: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• duḥkha-varjitaḥ: free from sorrow
• duḥkha-varjitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (वर्जित, कृदन्त from √vṛj/√varj ‘to avoid’, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (object-relation), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); varjita = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• yaśasvī: glorious/famed
• yaśasvī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśasvin (यशस्विन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tejasā: with splendor/energy
• tejasā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (तेजस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• yuktaḥ: endowed/connected
• yuktaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (युक्त, कृदन्त from √yuj ‘to join’, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• divya-jñāna-samanvitaḥ: possessing divine knowledge
• divya-jñāna-samanvitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (समन्वित, कृदन्त from √anv-i ‘to accompany’, क्त)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); samanvita = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: anugraha

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva’s grace as the remover of duḥkha (bondage-born sorrow) and the giver of divya-jñāna, by which the soul moves toward the Siddhānta goal: freedom from pāśa and steadiness in the light of Pati (Shiva).

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

Such blessings are traditionally sought through Saguna Shiva worship—especially Linga-pūjā—where devotion, purity, and right understanding mature into jñāna and inner tejas, culminating in Shiva’s anugraha (saving grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular Shiva-upāsanā with the Panchākṣarī mantra ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and meditative contemplation on Shiva as the dispeller of sorrow supports the cultivation of tejas and the awakening of divya-jñāna.