Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 64

शिवशक्त्यैक्य-तत्त्वविचारः / Inquiry into the Unity of Śiva and Śakti

Para–Apara Ontology

Devanagari script

समुद्रो भगवानीशो वेला शैलेन्द्रकन्यका । वृक्षो वृषध्वजो देवो लता विश्वेश्वरप्रिया

Transliteration

samudro bhagavānīśo velā śailendrakanyakā | vṛkṣo vṛṣadhvajo devo latā viśveśvarapriyā

Translation

സമുദ്രം ഭഗവാൻ ഈശൻ (ശിവൻ); തീരരേഖ ശൈലേന്ദ്രകന്യക (പാർവതി). വൃക്ഷം വൃഷധ്വജ ദേവൻ (ശിവൻ); ലത വിശ്വേശ്വരപ്രിയ (പാർവതി).

Word by Word

• समुद्रः: ocean
• समुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समनाधिकरण

• ईशः: the Lord
• ईशः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समनाधिकरण

• वेला: shore; boundary; tide-line
• वेला: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शैलेन्द्रकन्यका: daughter of the lord of mountains
• शैलेन्द्रकन्यका: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैलेन्द्र + कन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शैलेन्द्रस्य कन्यका)

• वृक्षः: tree
• वृक्षः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वृषध्वजः: he whose banner bears the bull (Śiva)
• वृषध्वजः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थ (वृषः ध्वजः यस्य)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समनाधिकरण

• लता: creeper; vine
• लता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विश्वेश्वरप्रिया: beloved of the Lord of the universe
• विश्वेश्वरप्रिया: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वेश्वर + प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वेश्वरस्य प्रिया)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: By identifying Viśveśvara as the Lord beloved of the Goddess, the verse resonates with Kāśī’s Viśvanātha theology: Śiva as Lord of the universe, with Śakti as His inseparable power; Kāśī is upheld as the kṣetra where liberation is granted by Śiva’s grace.

Significance: Darśana of Viśvanātha is held to bestow viśveśvaratva-bhāva (sense of the Lord’s all-pervasion) and, in Kāśī tradition, to support liberation through Śiva’s anugraha.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Parvati

Role: creative

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches a Shaiva vision of immanence: the world’s great forms (ocean, shore, tree, vine) can be contemplated as Śiva (Pati) and Śakti, turning ordinary perception into devotion and inward purification.

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

By identifying visible nature with Śiva, it supports Saguna-upāsanā: the devotee trains the mind to recognize Śiva everywhere, which culminates in focused worship of the Liṅga as the supreme, concentrated emblem of that all-pervading Lord.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple dhyāna is implied: while viewing the sea, trees, and creeping vines, repeat the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and mentally offer them to Śiva, cultivating constant smaraṇa (remembrance) and bhakti.