Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 36

भक्ताधिकारि-द्विजधर्म-योगिलक्षणवर्णनम् / Duties of Qualified Devotees and Marks of Yogins

Devanagari script

कंपस्वेदो ऽश्रुपातश्च कण्ठे च स्वरविक्रिया । आनंदाद्युपलब्धिश्च भवेदाकस्मिकी मुहुः

Transliteration

kaṃpasvedo 'śrupātaśca kaṇṭhe ca svaravikriyā | ānaṃdādyupalabdhiśca bhavedākasmikī muhuḥ

Translation

കമ്പനം, വിയർപ്പ്, കണ്ണുനീർ വീഴൽ, കണ്ഠത്തിലെ സ്വരവികാരം—ഇവയും, വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും ആനന്ദാദികളുടെ അകാരണമായ ആകസ്മിക അനുഭവവും—ഭക്തനിൽ സ്വാഭാവികമായി ഉദിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• कम्प: trembling
• कम्प: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; item in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वेदः: sweat
• स्वेदः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; item in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अश्रु-पातः: falling of tears
• अश्रु-पातः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; item in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अश्रूणां पातः)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय

• कण्ठे: in the throat
• कण्ठे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय

• स्वर-विक्रिया: change in voice
• स्वर-विक्रिया: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; item in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + विक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वरस्य विक्रिया)

• आनन्द-आदि-उपलब्धिः: experience of bliss etc.
• आनन्द-आदि-उपलब्धिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; item in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + उपलब्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (आनन्दादीनाम् उपलब्धिः)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय

• भवेत्: may occur/is likely to be
• भवेत्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• आकस्मिकī: sudden
• आकस्मिकī: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकस्मिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with उपलब्धिः)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: repeatedly/again and again)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It describes classic bodily and emotional transformations that can arise when Shiva’s grace awakens devotion—signs of inner purification where the bound soul (paśu) becomes intensely oriented to Pati (Shiva), tasting sudden bliss beyond ordinary causes.

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

In Linga/Saguna Shiva worship, concentrated reverence, mantra-japa, and darśana can culminate in heartfelt bhakti; these spontaneous symptoms indicate that worship is becoming inwardly absorbed, with the devotee’s mind turning from external ritual to direct Shiva-remembrance.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Steady Panchakshara japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with mindful Linga-pūjā (water/abhisheka, bhasma/tripuṇḍra, rudrāksha if undertaken) and meditation on Shiva in the heart—without forcing experiences—allowing devotion and grace to unfold naturally.