Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 53

शिवशक्त्यैक्य-तत्त्वविचारः / Inquiry into the Unity of Śiva and Śakti

Para–Apara Ontology

Devanagari script

कश्यपः कालहा देवो देवमाता महेश्वरी । वसिष्ठो मन्मथारातिर्देवी साक्षादरुंधती

Transliteration

kaśyapaḥ kālahā devo devamātā maheśvarī | vasiṣṭho manmathārātirdevī sākṣādaruṃdhatī

Translation

Saiba-se que Kaśyapa é o deus Kālahā; Devamātā é a própria Maheśvarī. Vasiṣṭha não é outro senão o inimigo de Manmatha (Śiva), e a Deusa é, diretamente, Arundhatī.

Word by Word

• कश्यपः: Kaśyapa
• कश्यपः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कालहा: Kālahā (name/epithet)
• कालहा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवमाता: mother of the gods
• देवमाता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां माता)

• महेश्वरी: Maheśvarī
• महेश्वरी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मन्मथारातिः: enemy of Manmatha (Kāma)
• मन्मथारातिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्मथ + अराति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मन्मथस्य अरातिः)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साक्षात्: directly, in person
• साक्षात्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अरुंधती: Arundhatī
• अरुंधती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुंधती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Maheshvari
• Kashyapa
• Vasishtha
• Arundhati
• Manmatha (Kama)

FAQs

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

It teaches a Shaiva vision where revered sages and divine exemplars are understood through the lens of Pati (Śiva) and Śakti (Maheśvarī), encouraging devotion that recognizes the one Lord’s presence behind sacred names and forms.

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

By naming Śiva as Manmatha-ari and the Goddess as Maheśvarī, it supports saguna-upāsanā—approaching the Supreme through concrete epithets and forms, as one would in Liṅga worship, while remembering the single Pati behind all manifestations.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Contemplate Śiva as Manmatha-ari (the conqueror of desire) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and cultivate restraint and purity like Arundhatī as an inner vrata supporting japa and worship.