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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 23

शिवस्य विश्वव्याप्तिः—अष्टमूर्तिः पञ्चब्रह्म च | Śiva’s Cosmic Pervasion: Aṣṭamūrti and the Pañcabrahma Forms

स्पंदयत्यनिलात्मदं बिभर्ति स्पंदते स्वयम् । औग्रीति कथ्यते सद्भिर्मूर्तिरुग्रस्य वेधसः । सर्वावकाशदा सर्वव्यापिका गगनात्मिका । मूर्तिर्भीमस्य भीमाख्या भूतवृंदस्य भेदिका

spaṃdayatyanilātmadaṃ bibharti spaṃdate svayam | augrīti kathyate sadbhirmūrtirugrasya vedhasaḥ | sarvāvakāśadā sarvavyāpikā gaganātmikā | mūrtirbhīmasya bhīmākhyā bhūtavṛṃdasya bhedikā

അവൾ പ്രാണവായുവിനെ സ്പന്ദിപ്പിക്കുന്നു, അതിനെ ധരിക്കുന്നു, താനേ ആ സ്പന്ദനമായി താളംകൊള്ളുന്നു. അതുകൊണ്ട് സജ്ജനർ അവളെ ഉഗ്ര വേധസിന്റെ (സൃഷ്ടികർത്താവിന്റെ) ‘ഔഗ്രീ’ മൂർത്തി എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നു. അവൾ സർവ്വാവകാശദാത്രി, സർവ്വവ്യാപിനി, ഗഗനസ്വഭാവിണി; ഇതേ ഭീമന്റെ ‘ഭീമാ’ എന്ന പ്രസിദ്ധ മൂർത്തി, ഭൂതവൃന്ദത്തിന്റെ ബന്ധങ്ങൾ ഭേദിക്കുന്നവൾ.

spandayaticauses to vibrate; sets in motion
spandayati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootspand (स्पन्द् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
anila-ātma-damthat which gives the wind as life/breath
anila-ātma-dam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootanila (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + da (दा/दद् धातु-आधारित प्रातिपदिक ‘द’/‘द’ as giver)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘anilasya ātmā’ + ‘dadāti’ = giving life/breath as wind)
bibhartibears; supports
bibharti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhṛ (भृ धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
spandatevibrates; throbs
spandate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootspand (स्पन्द् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
svayamby itself; itself
svayam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvayam (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण)
augrī(name) Augrī (the fierce form)
augrī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaugrī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-प्रयोगः)
kathyateis called; is said
kathyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkath (कथ् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
sad-bhiḥby the good (people)
sad-bhiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootsat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)
mūrtiḥform; manifestation
mūrtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
ugrasyaof the fierce one
ugrasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootugra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
vedhasaḥof the creator (Vedhas)
vedhasaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootvedhas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
sarva-avakāśa-dāgiver of all space/room
sarva-avakāśa-dā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + avakāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + dā (दा धातु-आधारित प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘avakāśaṃ dadāti’) with sarva- as qualifier
sarva-vyāpikāall-pervading
sarva-vyāpikā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāpika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः (‘sarvā vyāpikā’)
gagana-ātmikāhaving the sky as its essence
gagana-ātmikā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootgagana (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmikā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (gaganasya ātmikā)
mūrtiḥform; manifestation
mūrtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
bhīmasyaof Bhīma; of the terrible one
bhīmasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootbhīma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
bhīma-ākhyānamed ‘Bhīma’
bhīma-ākhyā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhīma (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhīmasya ākhyā)
bhūta-vṛndasyaof the host of beings
bhūta-vṛndasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛnda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) as vṛnda, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhūtānāṃ vṛnda)
bhedikādivider; splitter
bhedikā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhedikā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

Suta Goswami

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Bhairava

Type: stotra

Shakti Form: Kālī

Role: destructive

Offering: dhupa

S
Shiva

FAQs

It presents Shiva’s śakti as the inner “pulsation” (spanda) that moves and sustains prāṇa and also as vast, sky-like all-pervasion—showing Pati as both immanent in life-breath and transcendent as boundless space, with the power to break bondage.

By naming Aūgrī and Bhīmā as forms of Ugra (Shiva), it supports Saguna worship: devotees contemplate specific divine aspects—fierce, protective, and liberating—while understanding that the same Shiva pervades all as prāṇa and ākāśa.

A practical takeaway is prāṇa-dhyāna: meditate on the breath’s subtle movement as Shiva’s spanda, then expand awareness into all-pervading space (ākāśa-bhāvanā), mentally repeating a Shiva mantra such as the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”).