Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 29

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

Devanagari script

नात्मनो नैव मायैषा न विकारो विचारतः । न बंधो नापि मुक्तिश्च बंधमुक्तिविधायिनी

Transliteration

nātmano naiva māyaiṣā na vikāro vicārataḥ | na baṃdho nāpi muktiśca baṃdhamuktividhāyinī

Translation

При истинном рассмотрении эта майя не принадлежит Атману и не является подлинным изменением. В действительности нет ни уз, ни освобождения — хотя о ней говорят как о том, что устанавливает связанность и освобождение.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (निपात/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• आत्मनः: of the Self
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (निपात/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Nipāta (निपात/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• माया: Māyā/illusion
• माया: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एषा: this
• एषा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (निपात/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात

• विकारः: a modification/change
• विकारः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विचारतः: upon consideration
• विचारतः: Hetu/Standpoint (हेतु/दृष्टि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विचारतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) — 'from the standpoint of reflection/analysis'

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (निपात/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात

• बन्धः: bondage
• बन्धः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (निपात/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (particle: also/even)

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• बन्धमुक्तिविधायिनी: the ordainer of bondage and liberation
• बन्धमुक्तिविधायिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; predicate epithet of माया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्ध + मुक्ति + विधायिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (bondage-and-liberation) + विधायिनी (कर्तृवाचक-णिनि/agentive feminine): 'that which ordains/produces'

Speaker

Lord Shiva (as the supreme teacher in the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā’s philosophical discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that, when the Self is rightly discerned, māyā is not the true nature of the Atman; bondage and liberation are ultimately conceptual superimpositions, resolved through Shiva-given knowledge and inquiry.

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

Saguna worship (Linga, mantra, and devotion) purifies the pashu (individual soul) and loosens pasha (bondage); through Shiva’s grace, the seeker realizes the truth indicated here—freedom is revealed when ignorance is removed.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditative vicāra (Self-inquiry) supported by Shiva-upasana—japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and steady remembrance of Shiva—helps dissolve the sense of bondage and mature insight toward moksha.