Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 95

अनुग्रह-स्वातन्त्र्य-प्रमाणविचारः | Inquiry into Pramāṇa, Divine Autonomy, and Grace

Devanagari script

सत्यमोममृतं सौम्यमित्याविरभवत्स्फुटम् । ततो हृष्टतराः सर्वे विनष्टाशेषसंशयाः

Transliteration

satyamomamṛtaṃ saumyamityāvirabhavatsphuṭam | tato hṛṣṭatarāḥ sarve vinaṣṭāśeṣasaṃśayāḥ

Translation

Dengan nyata terzahir ucapan: “Kebenaran—Om—Keabadian—Yang lembut lagi membawa keberkatan.” Maka semuanya menjadi amat gembira, kerana segala sisa keraguan lenyap sama sekali.

Word by Word

• satyam: ‘truth’
• satyam: Karma (कर्म/quoted content)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular — used as quoted utterance

• om: ‘Oṃ’
• om: Karma (कर्म/quoted content)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: oṃ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: Sacred syllable (प्रणव), indeclinable

• amṛtam: ‘immortality/nectar’
• amṛtam: Karma (कर्म/quoted content)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular — quoted word

• saumyam: ‘auspicious/gentle’
• saumyam: Karma (कर्म/quoted content)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saumya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular — quoted epithet ‘gentle/auspicious’

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• āvirabhavat: appeared
• āvirabhavat: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āvir-bhū (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular — ‘appeared/manifested’

• sphuṭam: clearly
• sphuṭam: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sphuṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative/avyayībhāva usage (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘clearly/distinctly’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (ततः) — ‘then/thereupon’

• hṛṣṭa-tarāḥ: more delighted
• hṛṣṭa-tarāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + tara (प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural — comparative ‘more delighted’

• sarve: all (of them)
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural — ‘all’ (as pronoun/adjective used substantively)

• vinaṣṭa-aśeṣa-saṃśayāḥ: with all doubts dispelled
• vinaṣṭa-aśeṣa-saṃśayāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vinaṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural — ‘whose remaining doubts are destroyed’ / ‘with all doubts destroyed’; internal relation: aśeṣa-saṃśaya (karmadhāraya/tatpuruṣa ‘all doubts’) + vinaṣṭa (past participle)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: सत्यम् ओम् अमृतं सौम्यम्

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: revelatory utterance dispelling saṃśaya (doubt)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse presents Om and Truth as revelatory principles of Shiva’s auspicious nature; when this inner revelation dawns, doubt (saṃśaya) is removed, indicating movement toward liberation (moksha) through clear knowledge and grace.

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

By naming the ‘saumya’ (gentle, auspicious) reality along with Om and immortality, the verse supports Saguna worship as a compassionate doorway to the transcendent—where the Linga symbolizes the same truth that becomes inwardly ‘manifest’ as certainty and peace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditative japa of “Om” (and, in Shaiva practice, its extension into the Panchakshara) with contemplation on satya (truth) and amṛta (deathlessness) is implied—steady repetition leading to clarity and the dissolution of doubts.