Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 14

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

जयांबिके जगन्मातर्जय सर्वजगन्मयि । जयानवधिकैश्वर्ये जयानुपमविग्रहे

Transliteration

jayāṃbike jaganmātarjaya sarvajaganmayi | jayānavadhikaiśvarye jayānupamavigrahe

Translation

ജയം നിനക്കേ, അംബികേ ജഗന്മാതാവേ! ജയം നിനക്കേ, സർവ്വജഗന്മയീ! ജയം നിനക്കേ, അതിരില്ലാ ഐശ്വര്യവതീ! ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഉപമയില്ലാ ദിവ്യരൂപിണീ!

Word by Word

• jaya: be victorious; victory to
• jaya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ji (जि) (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; आशीर्वादार्थे ‘विजयी भव’

• ambike: O Ambikā
• ambike: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• jagat-mātar: O Mother of the world
• jagat-mātar: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः माता)

• jaya: victory to you
• jaya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ji (जि) (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarva-jagat-mayi: O one who pervades/embodies all the world
• sarva-jagat-mayi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + mayī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वं जगत् यस्यां मयम्/मयी = ‘pervaded by all the world’/‘consisting of all worlds’)

• jaya: victory to you
• jaya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ji (जि) (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• anavadhi-kaiśvarye: O (one of) limitless sovereignty
• anavadhi-kaiśvarye: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anavadhi (प्रातिपदिक) + aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (अनवधि ऐश्वर्यम् = limitless sovereignty)

• jaya: victory to you
• jaya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ji (जि) (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• anupama-vigrahe: O one with incomparable form
• anupama-vigrahe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anupama (प्रातिपदिक) + vigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (अनुपमः विग्रहः यस्य)

Speaker

Devotees (a hymn of praise within Suta Goswami’s narration in the Vayu Samhita context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: जयांबिके जगन्मातर्जय सर्वजगन्मयि । जयानवधिकैश्वर्ये जयानुपमविग्रहे

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It is a Devi-stuti that affirms Ambikā as the all-pervading cosmic Mother whose limitless aiśvarya (sovereignty) supports the soul’s path to grace; in Shaiva Siddhanta, such praise honors Shakti as inseparable from Shiva’s saving power.

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

Linga worship in the Shiva Purana is often paired with reverence to Shiva’s Shakti; praising Ambikā complements Saguna worship by acknowledging the manifest, compassionate power through which Shiva’s grace becomes accessible to devotees.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Use the verse as a short stotra before or after Shiva-Linga pūjā, alongside japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering flowers and (where customary) bhasma/tripuṇḍra as a reminder of surrender to Shiva-Shakti.