Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 26

अर्धनारीश्वरप्रादुर्भावः

Manifestation of Ardhanārīśvara and the Impulse for Procreative Creation

Devanagari script

जय प्रादेशिकैश्वर्यवीर्यशौर्यविजृंभण । जय विश्वबहिर्भूत निरस्तपरवैभव

Transliteration

jaya prādeśikaiśvaryavīryaśauryavijṛṃbhaṇa | jaya viśvabahirbhūta nirastaparavaibhava

Translation

ชัยแด่พระองค์—ผู้ซึ่งการปรากฏในถิ่นต่าง ๆ แผ่ขยายเป็นอิศวรรย์ พลัง และความกล้าหาญ. ชัยแด่พระองค์—ผู้เหนือโลกทั้งปวง และทรงลบล้างความโอ่อ่าของฝ่ายอื่นให้สิ้น.

Word by Word

• जय: hail! victory to!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थे जय-शब्दः; अव्यय (particle/interjection of salutation)

• प्रादेशिक-ऐश्वर्य-वीर्य-शौर्य-विजृंभण: O one whose expansion is (marked by) regional lordship, potency, valor, and heroism
• प्रादेशिक-ऐश्वर्य-वीर्य-शौर्य-विजृंभण: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रादेशिक (प्रातिपदिक) + ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + शौर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विजृंभण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (विशेष्यः: विजृंभणः)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थे अव्यय (salutatory particle)

• विश्व-बहिः-भूत: O one beyond the universe
• विश्व-बहिः-भूत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + बहिः (अव्यय) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (विश्वस्य बहिः स्थितः/अतीतः)

• निरस्त-पर-वैभव: O one who has dispelled others’ grandeur
• निरस्त-पर-वैभव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरस्त (कृदन्त; √अस्/अस्? here as past passive participle from निर्+√अस्/√स्था in sense 'cast off') + पर (प्रातिपदिक) + वैभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—परस्य वैभवम् निरस्तं यस्य

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the hymn of praise within the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā context to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It proclaims Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord—whose immanent powers appear in specific places and forms, yet whose true nature transcends the entire cosmos; realizing this dissolves dependence on worldly “splendor” and turns the mind toward liberation.

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

“Localized manifestations” points to Shiva’s gracious accessibility through saguna worship—such as the Linga in temples and sacred sites—while “beyond the universe” affirms that the Linga also signifies the transcendent, nirguna reality of Shiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Recite this as a stotra during Linga-pūjā while mentally offering all personal pride and worldly achievements into Shiva; pair it with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) to contemplate Shiva as both immanent and transcendent.