Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 8

अग्नीषोमात्मकविश्ववर्णनम् / The Universe as Agni–Soma

Fire and Nectar

Devanagari script

हविषे सस्यसम्पत्तिर्वृष्टिः सस्याभिवृद्धये । वृष्टेरेव हविस्तस्मादग्नीषोमधृतं जगत्

Transliteration

haviṣe sasyasampattirvṛṣṭiḥ sasyābhivṛddhaye | vṛṣṭereva havistasmādagnīṣomadhṛtaṃ jagat

Translation

Dengan havis (persembahan suci) datanglah kemakmuran tanaman; untuk pertumbuhan tanaman datanglah hujan. Dan hujan itu sendiri lahir daripada havis; maka dunia ini dipelihara oleh Agni dan Soma.

Word by Word

• हविषे: for oblation
• हविषे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• सस्यसम्पत्तिः: prosperity of crops
• सस्यसम्पत्तिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य-सम्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: सस्यस्य सम्पत्तिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• वृष्टिः: rainfall
• वृष्टिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सस्याभिवृद्धये: for the increase of crops
• सस्याभिवृद्धये: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य-अभिवृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; समास: सस्यस्य अभिवृद्धिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• वृष्टेः: from rain
• वृष्टेः: Apadana (अपादान/Ablative-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अवधारणार्थे (emphasis/only)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान/From that)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक-प्रयोगः, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अग्नीषोमधृतम्: sustained by Agni and Soma
• अग्नीषोमधृतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नि-षोम-धृत (प्रातिपदिक; धृत = √धृ (धातु) से क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: अग्निना च सोमेन च धृतम् (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/योगविभागः)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Soma

FAQs

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

It teaches that right action offered as sacred oblation sustains cosmic harmony—rain, food, and life—showing how dharma, when consecrated, becomes a channel for divine support of the world under Shiva’s order.

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

Yajña-fire and Soma symbolize the manifest (saguṇa) workings of the Divine; Linga-worship similarly sanctifies worldly life by offering it back to Shiva, the inner Lord who empowers the cycles of nourishment and prosperity.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform offerings with purity—such as ghee or simple naivedya—while remembering Shiva (e.g., japa of the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), treating daily duties as havis dedicated to the Lord.