Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 9

Śiva’s Freedom from Bondage and His Cosmic Support (शिवस्य अबन्धत्वं तथा सर्वाधिष्ठानत्वम्)

Devanagari script

नास्ति यद्यदकल्याणं तत्तदस्य कदाचन । कल्याणं सकलं चास्ति परमात्मा शिवो यतः

Transliteration

nāsti yadyadakalyāṇaṃ tattadasya kadācana | kalyāṇaṃ sakalaṃ cāsti paramātmā śivo yataḥ

Translation

Apa jua yang tidak mujur—tidak pernah menjadi milik-Nya. Segala kemujuran bersemayam dalam-Nya, kerana Diri Tertinggi itu ialah Śiva.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle/निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• asti: exists/is
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: Present/लट्, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (कर्म/Object) / Viṣaya (विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; relative pronoun

• yat: whatever (each)
• yat: Karma (कर्म/Object) / Viṣaya (विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; repetition for distributive sense

• akalyāṇam: inauspiciousness / evil
• akalyāṇam: Karma (कर्म/Object) / Viṣaya (विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a- + kalyāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; नञ्-समास/negative formation

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म/Object) / Viṣaya (विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• tat: that (each)
• tat: Karma (कर्म/Object) / Viṣaya (विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; distributive repetition

• asya: of this (one) / of him
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; pronoun

• kadācana: ever (with negation: never)
• kadācana: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb/कालवाचक अव्यय (‘ever/at any time’), used with negation = ‘never’

• kalyāṇam: auspiciousness / good
• kalyāṇam: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject) / Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalyāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• sakalam: all, entire
• sakalam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; qualifying ‘kalyāṇam’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• asti: exists/is
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: Present/लट्, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular

• parama-ātmā: the Supreme Self
• parama-ātmā: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; कर्मधारय-समास: paramaḥ ātmā ‘the Supreme Self’

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject) (apposition to paramātmā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• yataḥ: because
• yataḥ: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Causal indeclinable/हेतुवाचक अव्यय (‘because/since/whence’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It establishes Śiva as Paramātmā—pure, untouched by any defect—so the devotee contemplates Him as the very ground of kalyāṇa (auspiciousness) and liberation.

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

The Liṅga is revered as the sign of the formless, stainless Paramātmā Śiva; worshipping the Saguna form through liṅga-pūjā is a practical way to approach that ever-auspicious Nirguṇa reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as “Sarva-kalyāṇa-rūpa” while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya); in pūjā, offer bilva and apply tripuṇḍra-bhasma to internalize this purity and auspiciousness.