Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 67

योगप्रकारनिर्णयः

Classification and Definition of Yoga

Devanagari script

तदन्तराया नश्यंति विघ्नाः सर्वे शनैःशनैः

Transliteration

tadantarāyā naśyaṃti vighnāḥ sarve śanaiḥśanaiḥ

Translation

तेव्हा त्या साधनेच्या मार्गातील सर्व विघ्न-अंतराय हळूहळू नष्ट होतात; एकेक करून सर्व अडथळे विलीन होतात।

Word by Word

• tad-antarāyāḥ: those obstacles (to that)
• tad-antarāyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + antarāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘तस्य अन्तरायाः’ (his/its obstacles); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• naśyanti: perish/disappear
• naśyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• vighnāḥ: hindrances
• vighnāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject-apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘तदन्तरायाः’ इत्यस्य व्याख्या/समानााधिकरण

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता/subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘vighnāḥ’)

• śanaiḥ: slowly
• śanaiḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śanaiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: slowly/gradually)

• śanaiḥ: little by little
• śanaiḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śanaiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (reduplication for emphasis)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that on the Shaiva path, impediments (antarāyas/vighnas) do not vanish instantly but are steadily worn away through sustained sadhana and Shiva-anugraha (grace), leading the seeker from bondage (pāśa) toward liberation.

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

Regular Linga worship—offering, japa, and remembrance of Saguna Shiva—stabilizes the mind and purifies karmic tendencies; as devotion matures, the accumulated hindrances to realization gradually subside.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Steady daily japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with disciplined worship (puja/abhisheka) is implied; consistency is emphasized, since obstacles are said to fall away śanaiḥ śanaiḥ (step by step).