Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11

सर्‍वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause

Devanagari script

न यस्य दिवसो रात्रिर्न समानो न चाधिकः । स्वभाविकी पराशक्तिर्नित्या ज्ञानक्रिये अपि

Transliteration

na yasya divaso rātrirna samāno na cādhikaḥ | svabhāvikī parāśaktirnityā jñānakriye api

Translation

Для Него нет ни дня, ни ночи; нет равного Ему и нет превосходящего. Он — Верховный Господь, чья высшая Шакти (Пара-Шакти) природна и вечна; и в Нём непрестанно пребывают и знание, и действие.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• यस्य: of whom
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• दिवसः: day
• दिवसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रात्रिः: night
• रात्रिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• समानः: equal
• समानः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• अधिकः: greater
• अधिकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वभाविकी: innate / natural
• स्वभाविकी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वभाविक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परा-शक्तिः: supreme power
• परा-शक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (परा शक्ति:)

• नित्या: eternal
• नित्या: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ज्ञान-क्रिये: knowledge and action
• ज्ञान-क्रिये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्विवचन-रूपम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वसमासः (ज्ञानं च क्रिया च)

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Negation of diurnal polarity (day/night) indicating transcendence of temporal dualities; affirmation of eternal jñāna-kriyā in Parāśakti.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares Shiva as the timeless Supreme (beyond day and night), unmatched and unsurpassed, whose innate Parashakti eternally expresses both perfect consciousness (jñāna) and divine efficacy (kriyā), pointing the seeker toward liberation through recognizing the Pati beyond all dualities.

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

The Linga is worshipped as the sign of the formless, time-transcending Shiva described here; Saguna worship provides a concrete focus, while this verse clarifies that the deity worshipped is ultimately beyond temporal opposites and all comparison.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as beyond time while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and offer simple Linga upacharas (water, bilva) with the inner bhāva that Shiva’s Parashakti is ever-present as jñāna and kriyā within all experience.