Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 68

मङ्गलाचरणम्, तीर्थ-परिसरः, सूतागमनम् — Invocation, Sacred Setting, and the Arrival of Sūta

Devanagari script

पुराणसंहिता यस्य प्रसादान्मयि वर्तते । नमो भगवते तस्मै व्यासायामिततेजसे

Transliteration

purāṇasaṃhitā yasya prasādānmayi vartate | namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase

Translation

ด้วยพระกรุณาของท่าน คัมภีร์ปุราณะฉบับสังหิตานี้จึงดำรงอยู่ในข้าพเจ้า; ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระวยาสผู้เป็นภควาน ผู้มีรัศมีอันหาประมาณมิได้.

Word by Word

• purāṇa-saṃhitā: the Purāṇa-compilation
• purāṇa-saṃhitā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (purāṇānāṃ saṃhitā)

• yasya: of whom/whose
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun

• prasādāt: from (his) grace
• prasādāt: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• mayi: in me
• mayi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); 1st person pronoun

• vartate: exists/abides
• vartate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (सम्बोधन/प्रयोजन; salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय); interjection/particle of salutation (नमस्कारार्थक)

• bhagavate: to the Blessed Lord
• bhagavate: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun

• vyāsāya: to Vyāsa
• vyāsāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• amita-tejase: to (him) of immeasurable splendor
• amita-tejase: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amita (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः (amitaṃ tejaḥ yasya) used as epithet

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Vyasa

FAQs

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

It affirms that authentic spiritual knowledge is sustained by grace (prasāda) through the guru-paramparā; the Purāṇa is not merely memorized but made living within the seeker by divine and teacherly favor.

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

By honoring Vyāsa as “bhagavat,” the verse models reverence to the channel of Śiva’s revelation; such humility and devotion ground proper Saguna worship (including Liṅga-upāsanā) in scriptural authority and right understanding.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice guru-vandana: begin recitation with salutations to Vyāsa and the lineage, then study/chant with a prayer for prasāda so the teaching becomes steady within the mind.