Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 48

सर्‍वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause

Devanagari script

दीर्घसूत्रसमारब्धं दिव्यवर्षसहस्रकम् । सत्रांते मंत्रयोगेन वायुस्तत्र गमिष्यति

Transliteration

dīrghasūtrasamārabdhaṃ divyavarṣasahasrakam | satrāṃte maṃtrayogena vāyustatra gamiṣyati

Translation

दीर्घ तयारीने आरंभलेला तो सत्रयज्ञ एक सहस्र दिव्य वर्षे चालेल। सत्राच्या शेवटी मंत्रयोगाच्या प्रभावाने वायु तेथे (त्या पवित्र स्थानी/सभेत) जाईल।

Word by Word

• दीर्घसूत्र-समारब्धम्: begun with procrastination / long-delayed commencement
• दीर्घसूत्र-समारब्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घसूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + समारब्ध (कृदन्त; √रभ्/रम्भ् (धातु) उपसर्ग-सम्-आ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण—“दीर्घसूत्रेण समारब्धम्/दीर्घसूत्रं समारब्धम्” (determinative)

• दिव्य-वर्ष-सहस्रकम्: a thousand divine years
• दिव्य-वर्ष-सहस्रकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—दिव्यानि वर्षाणि (तत्पुरुष) + सहस्रकम् (सहस्र-प्रमाणम्)

• सत्र-अन्ते: at the end of the sacrificial session
• सत्र-अन्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सत्रस्य अन्ते’ (locative)

• मन्त्र-योगेन: by the method/application of mantras
• मन्त्र-योगेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘मन्त्रस्य योगेन/मन्त्रयोगेन’ (instrumental: by means of mantra-application)

• वायुः: Vāyu (the Wind-god)
• वायुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• गमिष्यति: will go
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: A prolonged satra spanning a thousand divine years (deva-kāla scale)

Characters & Entities

• Vayu

FAQs

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

It highlights that sustained sacred discipline—spanning even “divine time”—bears fruit, and that mantra-yoga has real efficacy to move and purify the life-force (Vāyu), aligning it toward a sanctified goal in the Shaiva path.

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

In Shaiva Siddhanta, mantra-yoga is a primary means to approach Saguna Shiva (worshipful Lord with attributes) through regulated rites and inner recitation; the satra’s culmination suggests ripening of practice that leads the devotee’s prana toward Shiva-oriented worship and realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Consistent mantra-japa and disciplined ritual observance (yajna/vrata), treating mantra as yoga—steady repetition with purity, focus, and breath-regulation—so that prana (vayu) becomes directed and spiritually refined.