Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 9

सत्रप्रवृत्तिः — वायोः आगमनं च

Commencement of the Satra and the Arrival of Vāyu

Devanagari script

अभ्युत्थाय ततस्सर्वे प्रणम्यांबरसंभवम् । चामीकरमयं तस्मै विष्टरं समकल्पयन्

Transliteration

abhyutthāya tatassarve praṇamyāṃbarasaṃbhavam | cāmīkaramayaṃ tasmai viṣṭaraṃ samakalpayan

Translation

അപ്പോൾ എല്ലാവരും എഴുന്നേറ്റ് ആകാശസംബവനെ നമസ്കരിച്ചു; അവനുവേണ്ടി സ്വർണമയമായ മഹത്തായ ആസനം (വിഷ്ടരം) ഒരുക്കി।

Word by Word

• अभ्युत्थाय: having stood up
• अभ्युत्थाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√utthā (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), ‘having risen up’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘then/thereupon’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; used pronominally ‘all (of them)’

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष), ‘having bowed’

• अम्बर-सम्भवम्: the sky-born one
• अम्बर-सम्भवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambara (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘ambarāt sambhavaḥ’ (born from the sky)

• चामीकर-मयम्: made of gold
• चामीकर-मयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāmīkara (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘cāmīkarasya vikāraḥ/tena nirmitam’ = made of gold

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular

• विष्टरम्: seat, throne
• विष्टरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṭara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• समकल्पयन्: they arranged/prepared
• समकल्पयन्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√kḷp (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; parasmaipada

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights bhakti expressed as reverent conduct—rising, bowing, and offering a seat—showing that humility and honoring the divine presence purify the pashu (bound soul) and align it toward Pati (Shiva).

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

The actions mirror upacharas used in Saguna worship—āsana (offering a seat) and namaskāra—external gestures that train inner surrender, which later culminates in Linga-puja as a focused form of devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice namaskāra with awareness and offer āsana in daily Shiva-puja; inwardly, “offer a seat” by establishing Shiva in the heart through steady attention and recitation of the Panchakshara, Om Namaḥ Śivāya.