Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 104

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

उषा प्रभा तथा प्राज्ञा संध्या चेत्यपि शक्तयः । सोमादिकेतुपर्यंता ग्रहाश्च शिवभाविताः

Transliteration

uṣā prabhā tathā prājñā saṃdhyā cetyapi śaktayaḥ | somādiketuparyaṃtā grahāśca śivabhāvitāḥ

Translation

ഉഷാ, പ്രഭാ, പ്രാജ്ഞാ, സന്ധ്യ—ഇവയും ശക്തികളാണ്; സോമൻ മുതൽ കേതു വരെ എല്ലാ ഗ്രഹങ്ങളും ശിവഭാവത്തിൽ വ്യാപിച്ചു, പ്രേരിതമായി, നിയന്ത്രിതമായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു।

Word by Word

• उषा: Uṣā (dawn)
• उषा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रभा: Prabhā (radiance)
• प्रभा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ (also)

• प्राज्ञा: Prājñā (wisdom/personified)
• प्राज्ञा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संध्या: Sandhyā (twilight)
• संध्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थक-निपात (quotative/marker: “thus”)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also/even)

• शक्तयः: powers (Śaktis)
• शक्तयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सोम-आदि-केतु-पर्यन्ताः: ranging from Soma (Moon) etc. up to Ketu
• सोम-आदि-केतु-पर्यन्ताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + केतु (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अवधारण/सीमा: ‘सोमादि...केतुपर्यन्त’ = from Soma etc. up to Ketu); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• ग्रहाः: planets
• ग्रहाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• शिव-भाविताः: influenced/imbued by Śiva
• शिव-भाविताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + भावित (कृदन्त; √भू ‘भावने’/causative nuance)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष: ‘शिवेन भाविताः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teaching to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Ishana

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Parvati

Role: nurturing

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Graha-niyamanam (ordering of planetary influences)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Usha
• Sandhya
• Soma
• Ketu

FAQs

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

It teaches that even subtle powers like dawn, twilight, and the grahas operate only through Śiva’s indwelling lordship; thus the seeker should rely on Śiva (Pati) rather than fear secondary cosmic forces.

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

By affirming that the grahas are śiva-bhāvita (Shiva-imbued), it supports Saguna worship—especially Liṅga-pūjā—as the direct means to harmonize one’s life with the supreme source behind all planetary effects.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Sandhyā-time Shiva worship—applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma), japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and steady contemplation of Śiva as the inner ruler—serves as a Shaiva remedy that transcends graha anxiety.