Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 10

शक्तितत्त्ववर्णनम् / Exposition of the Principle of Śakti

Devanagari script

अनया सह सर्वेशः सप्तविंशप्रकारया । विश्वं व्याप्य स्थितस्तस्मान्मुक्तिरत्र प्रवर्तते

Transliteration

anayā saha sarveśaḥ saptaviṃśaprakārayā | viśvaṃ vyāpya sthitastasmānmuktiratra pravartate

Translation

ഈ ശക്തിയോടൊപ്പം സർവേശ്വരൻ ഇരുപത്തേഴു രീതികളിൽ നിലകൊണ്ട് സമസ്ത വിശ്വത്തെയും വ്യാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; അതിനാൽ ഇവിടെ (തത്ത്വജ്ഞാനവും ഉപാസനയും വഴി) മോക്ഷപ്രവാഹം ആരംഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• anayā: by/with this (f.)
• anayā: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-सहयोगार्थक (indeclinable expressing accompaniment)

• sarva-īśaḥ: the Lord of all
• sarva-īśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): सर्वस्य ईशः

• saptaviṃśati-prakārayā: by the twenty-sevenfold mode
• saptaviṃśati-prakārayā: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptaviṃśati (प्रातिपदिक) + prakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सप्तविंशतेः प्रकारः (by the 27-fold mode)

• viśvam: the universe
• viśvam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• vyāpya: having pervaded
• vyāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vyāp (व्याप् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable); ‘having pervaded’

• sthitaḥ: standing/abiding
• sthitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (Masc/Neut), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• muktiḥ: liberation
• muktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• pravartate: arises/comes into operation
• pravartate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √vṛt (वृत् धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva (Pati), united with His manifesting power, pervades all existence in ordered modes; realizing this all-pervasion loosens bondage (pāśa) and becomes the basis for mokṣa.

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

The Liṅga is the accessible Saguna focus through which the devotee contemplates the Nirguna-all-pervading Śiva; by worshipping the Liṅga while understanding His universal pervasion, liberation is ‘set in motion’.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice Śiva-dhyāna on the all-pervading Lord while doing japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya); this aligns the mind with Śiva’s pervasive presence, supporting release from pāśa.