Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 19

शक्तितत्त्ववर्णनम् / Exposition of the Principle of Śakti

Devanagari script

ततः प्रसादयोगेन योगेन परमेण च । दृष्टेन भक्तियोगेन दिव्यः गतिमवाप्नुयुः

Transliteration

tataḥ prasādayogena yogena parameṇa ca | dṛṣṭena bhaktiyogena divyaḥ gatimavāpnuyuḥ

Translation

त्यानंतर शिवप्रसादरूप योगाने, परम योगाने, तसेच प्रत्यक्ष भक्तियोगाच्या मार्गाने ते दिव्य गती—शिवाचे परम पद—प्राप्त करतात।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter, from that
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/अनन्तरार्थे अव्यय (adverb: thence/thereafter)

• प्रसादयोगेन: by the union/means of grace
• प्रसादयोगेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद-योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—प्रसादस्य योगः

• योगेन: by yoga
• योगेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• परमेण: supreme
• परमेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषण—योगेन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दृष्टेन: experienced/realized
• दृष्टेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषण—भक्तियोगेन (अनुभूत/प्राप्त)

• भक्तियोगेन: by devotion-yoga
• भक्तियोगेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति-योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—भक्तेः योगः

• दिव्यः: divine
• दिव्यः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण—गतिः

• गतिम्: state/goal, path
• गतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयुः: may attain
• अवाप्नुयुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that liberation is not achieved by effort alone: the highest attainment comes through Śiva’s prasāda (grace), supported by supreme yoga-discipline and fulfilled through bhakti-yoga, the direct and accessible path to the Divine.

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

Bhakti-yoga here is “manifest” (dṛṣṭa)—practically lived through Saguna worship such as reverence to the Śiva-liṅga, which becomes a channel for receiving Śiva’s grace and maturing inner yoga toward the divine goal.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A combined practice is implied: devotion with disciplined yoga—regular japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation on Śiva, and grace-oriented worship (pūjā) as the lived form of bhakti-yoga.