Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11

शक्त्यादिसृष्टिनिरूपणम् / The Account of Creation Beginning with Śakti

Devanagari script

तस्माच्छक्तस्स्वतन्त्रो यः सर्वशक्तिश्च सर्ववित् । अनादिनिधनश्चायं महदैश्वर्यसंयुतः

Transliteration

tasmācchaktassvatantro yaḥ sarvaśaktiśca sarvavit | anādinidhanaścāyaṃ mahadaiśvaryasaṃyutaḥ

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് അവൻ സമർത്ഥനും പൂർണ്ണ സ്വതന്ത്രനും—സർവശക്തിയുള്ളവനും സർവജ്ഞനും. ഈ പ്രഭു അനാദി-അനന്തൻ; മഹത്തായ ഐശ്വര്യസമ്പന്നൻ।

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore / from that
• tasmāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ/तस्मात् (therefore/from that)

• śaktaḥ: capable, powerful
• śaktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √śak धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• svatantraḥ: independent
• svatantraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svatantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• sarva-śaktiḥ: all-power (all power)
• sarva-śaktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (sarvā śaktiḥ = ‘all power’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarva-vit: all-knowing
• sarva-vit: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vid (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √vid धातु)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहिसदृश विशेषण (sarvaṃ vetti iti); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• anādi-nidhanaḥ: beginningless and endless
• anādi-nidhanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anādi (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (anādi ca anidhanaḥ; ‘without beginning and without end’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mahat-aiśvarya-saṃyutaḥ: endowed with great sovereignty
• mahat-aiśvarya-saṃyutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक) + aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √yuj धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (mahadaiśvarya = ‘great lordship’); saṃyuta = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used adjectivally; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse establishes Shiva as Pati—the absolute Lord—who is self-dependent, omniscient, and the source of all powers; realizing His beginningless and endless nature grounds the seeker in devotion and liberating knowledge.

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

Though Shiva is described as transcendent (anādi-nidhana, sovereign and all-knowing), devotees approach Him through Saguna worship such as the Shiva-Linga, which serves as a focus for the mind to contemplate His limitless power and lordship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is steady japa of the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with meditation on Shiva as the independent, all-powerful Lord; this supports inner surrender and detachment from pasha (bondage).