Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 28

शैवधर्मप्रशंसा तथा पञ्चविधसाधनविभागः / Praise of Śaiva Dharma and the Fivefold Classification of Practice

Devanagari script

अन्यत्तु त्रितयं नाम्नामुपादानादियोगतः । त्रिविधोपाधिवचनाच्छिव एवानुवर्तते

Transliteration

anyattu tritayaṃ nāmnāmupādānādiyogataḥ | trividhopādhivacanācchiva evānuvartate

Translation

परंतु उरलेली तीन नावे उपादान-कारण इत्यादी संयोगामुळे उद्भवतात. आणि त्रिविध उपाधींनी वर्णन केले तरी, अंतःस्थ सत्य म्हणून केवळ शिवच सर्वत्र अनुवर्तत राहतो।

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: the other (thing)
• अन्यत्: कर्ता/विषय (Subject/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: but
• तु: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• त्रितयम्: a triad; set of three
• त्रितयम्: विधेय (Predicate-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रितय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• नाम्नाम्: of names
• नाम्नाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• उपादान-आदि-योगतः: due to the relation beginning with upādāna (material cause) etc.
• उपादान-आदि-योगतः: हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Source marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपादान (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्यय (from the connection beginning with 'upādāna')

• त्रिविध-उपाधि-वचनात्: from the statement about the threefold limiting adjunct
• त्रिविध-उपाधि-वचनात्: हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविध (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाधि (प्रातिपदिक) + वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (त्रिविधस्य उपाधेः वचनात्)

• शिवः: Shiva
• शिवः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• अनुवर्तते: continues; follows through
• अनुवर्तते: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that multiple divine names and functional descriptions arise from limiting conditions (upādhis), yet Śiva alone remains the one continuous reality—pointing the seeker from appearances to Pati, the supreme Lord beyond coverings.

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

Linga worship accepts form and attributes as sacred supports for devotion, while this verse clarifies that such names and forms are conditioned expressions; through them one realizes the same Śiva who transcends all upādhis.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) while contemplating that all names and roles are upādhi-based, and that Śiva alone is the abiding substratum; this aligns devotion with inner discrimination (viveka).