Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 17

षडध्ववेदनम् (Ṣaḍadhva-vedanam) — The Sixfold Path: Sound, Meaning, and Tattva-Distribution

Devanagari script

शिवशास्त्रप्रसिद्धानि ततोन्यान्यपि कृत्स्नशः । कलाभिस्तानि तत्त्वानि व्याप्तान्येव यथातथम्

Transliteration

śivaśāstraprasiddhāni tatonyānyapi kṛtsnaśaḥ | kalābhistāni tattvāni vyāptānyeva yathātatham

Translation

Todos os tattvas ensinados nas escrituras śaivas—e também todos os demais, por inteiro—são permeados por Suas kalās (potências), cada qual segundo o seu modo próprio e conforme a sua ordem.

Word by Word

• śiva-śāstra-prasiddhāni: well-known in Śiva’s śāstra
• śiva-śāstra-prasiddhāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + prasiddha (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘śivaśāstre prasiddhāni’; Napumsaka, Prathamā Bahuvacana; adjective

• tataḥ: thereafter/from that
• tataḥ: Sambandha (contextual adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; apādāna/hetu-arthaka adverb ‘thereafter/from that’

• anyāni: other
• anyāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā Bahuvacana

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta ‘also/even’

• kṛtsnaśaḥ: completely, in entirety
• kṛtsnaśaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛtsnaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; manner-adverb (प्रकारवाचक) ‘entirely/wholly’

• kalābhistāni: pervaded/occupied by kalās (parts/energies)
• kalābhistāni: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक) + abhi-√sthā (स्था) (कृदन्त: क्त, past passive participle)
• Form: Kṛdanta PPP (क्त) from abhi-√sthā ‘to pervade/occupy/stand over’; Napumsaka, Prathamā Bahuvacana; adjective

• tattvāni: tattvas, principles
• tattvāni: Karta (कर्ता) / Uddeśya (उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā Bahuvacana

• vyāptāni: pervaded
• vyāptāni: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√āp (आप्) (कृदन्त: क्त, PPP)
• Form: Kṛdanta PPP (क्त) ‘pervaded’; Napumsaka, Prathamā Bahuvacana; predicate adjective

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (अवधारण) ‘indeed/only’

• yathā-tatham: as it is, in due manner
• yathā-tatham: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya-dvandva (द्वन्द्व) fixed adverbial pair; manner-adverb

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya philosophical teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It affirms the Śaiva Siddhānta vision that all categories of existence (tattvas) function only because they are pervaded and empowered by Shiva’s kalās—showing Shiva as the inner ruler (Pati) and the ground of liberation.

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

Linga worship trains the devotee to recognize Shiva’s presence within every level of reality; the verse explains that the same Shiva who is worshipped in a tangible Saguna form also pervades all tattvas through His divine energies.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Contemplate Shiva’s all-pervasion while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya); during japa or dhyāna, mentally offer every tattva—body, breath, mind, and intellect—into Shiva as Pati, supported by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha if practiced.