Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 3

कौशिकी-गौरी तथा शार्दूलरूप-निशाचरस्य पूर्वकर्मवर्णनम् | Kauśikī-Gaurī and Brahmā’s account of the tiger-formed niśācara

Devanagari script

मय्यर्पितमना एष भजते मामनन्यधीः । अस्य संरक्षणादन्यत्प्रियं मम न विद्यते

Transliteration

mayyarpitamanā eṣa bhajate māmananyadhīḥ | asya saṃrakṣaṇādanyatpriyaṃ mama na vidyate

Translation

ด้วยจิตที่มอบให้แก่เราอย่างสิ้นเชิง สาวกผู้นี้บูชาเราด้วยปัญญาอันแน่วแน่ สำหรับเรา ไม่มีสิ่งใดประเสริฐไปกว่าการปกป้องเขา

Word by Word

• mayi: in me
• mayi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुष-प्रयोग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular)

• arpita-manāḥ: whose mind is offered (to me)
• arpita-manāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arpita (√arp/अर्प्, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त) + manas (मनस्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास (possessive): ‘अर्पितं मनः यस्य सः’; पुल्लिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• eṣaḥ: this (person)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• bhajate: worships/serves
• bhajate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhaj (भज्, धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ananya-dhīḥ: of undivided/unswerving understanding
• ananya-dhīḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ananya (अनन्य, प्रातिपदिक) + dhī (धी, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास: ‘अनन्या धीः यस्य’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• saṃrakṣaṇāt: from (the act of) protecting
• saṃrakṣaṇāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃrakṣaṇa (संरक्षण, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी, ablative), एकवचन

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (अन्य, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र ‘अन्यत् (किञ्चित्)’ = anything else

• priyam: dear (thing)
• priyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रिय, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mama: to me/of me
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (न, अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• vidyate: exists/is found
• vidyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद्, धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; भावे प्रयोगः ‘exists/is found’

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: null

Sthala Purana: null

Significance: null

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: null

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: null

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: null

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches ananya-bhakti—single-minded devotion where the mind is surrendered to Shiva (Pati). Such surrender draws Shiva’s anugraha (grace), expressed here as His special resolve to protect the devotee from bondage and fear.

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

Linga/Saguna worship is a concrete support for offering the mind to Shiva. The verse emphasizes inner exclusivity (ananya-dhī) rather than mere external ritual—Linga worship becomes effective when it culminates in undivided remembrance and surrender.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice one-pointed japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with mental offering (mayyarpita-manā), supported by daily Shiva-puja; optionally reinforce with Tripuṇḍra bhasma and Rudrāksha as aids to steadiness and devotion.