Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 41

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

पवित्रं परमं ब्रह्म प्रार्थितं मे प्रयच्छतु । शिवस्य तु शिवायाश्च हृन्मूर्तिशिवभाविते

Transliteration

pavitraṃ paramaṃ brahma prārthitaṃ me prayacchatu | śivasya tu śivāyāśca hṛnmūrtiśivabhāvite

Translation

Que o Brahman supremo, puríssimo e transcendente, me conceda aquilo que roguei—ó tu que és a forma do coração de Śiva e de Śivā (Pārvatī), e estás permeada pelo próprio estado de Śiva.

Word by Word

• पवित्रम्: pure, holy
• पवित्रम्: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjectival)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• प्रार्थितम्: requested, prayed for
• प्रार्थितम्: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु) → प्रार्थित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6) एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive singular)

• प्रयच्छतु: may (he/it) grant
• प्रयच्छतु: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/पदार्थ-विशेषक (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• शिवायाः: of Śivā (Pārvatī)
• शिवायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

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

• हृन्मूर्ति-शिव-भाविते: O (one) imbued with Śiva as the heart-form
• हृन्मूर्ति-शिव-भाविते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + भावित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय; √भू/√भाव्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासपद (तत्पुरुष-प्रधान), विशेषण; 'हे ...' संबोधन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya discourse to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya; the verse reads like a prayer within that narration)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: pavitraṃ paramaṃ brahma prārthitaṃ me prayacchatu | śivasya tu śivāyāśca hṛnmūrtiśivabhāvite

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It frames liberation as grace: the “supremely pure Brahman” is invoked as Śiva-consciousness dwelling in the heart, indicating that the highest reality is realized inwardly and bestowed through Śiva’s anugraha (divine favor).

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

While the Liṅga supports saguna worship externally, this verse emphasizes the inner Liṅga—Śiva and Śivā as the heart-form—pointing from ritual symbol to direct contemplation of Śiva-bhāva within.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Mānasa-japa and dhyāna: repeat the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while visualizing Śiva-Śakti established in the heart-lotus, praying for the desired boon as an expression of surrender.