Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 91

अनुग्रह-स्वातन्त्र्य-प्रमाणविचारः | Inquiry into Pramāṇa, Divine Autonomy, and Grace

Devanagari script

तत्प्रेरितमिदं सर्वं तथापि न स मुह्यति । शक्तिराज्ञात्मिका तस्य नियन्त्री विश्वतोमुखी

Transliteration

tatpreritamidaṃ sarvaṃ tathāpi na sa muhyati | śaktirājñātmikā tasya niyantrī viśvatomukhī

Translation

แม้สรรพสิ่งนี้จะเคลื่อนไหวด้วยแรงดลของพระองค์ พระองค์ก็มิได้หลงมัวเมา ศักติของพระองค์—อันเป็นสภาวะแห่งพระบัญชา—เป็นผู้กำกับสากล หันหน้าอภิบาลทุกทิศทาง

Word by Word

• तत्-प्रेरितम्: impelled by that
• तत्-प्रेरितम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रेरित (कृदन्त, क्त; √प्रेर्/प्रि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता/विषय) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (तेन प्रेरितम्) qualifying इदम् सर्वम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता/विषय) एकवचनम्; pronoun

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; adjective to इदम्

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: सम्बन्ध (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अव्ययीभावसदृशं समुच्चय/विरोधसूचकं (concessive: nevertheless)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता) एकवचनम्; pronoun

• मुह्यति: is deluded
• मुह्यति: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; ‘is deluded’

• शक्तिः: Power (Śakti)
• शक्तिः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता) एकवचनम्

• राज्ञ-आत्मिका: having the nature of command/sovereignty
• राज्ञ-आत्मिका: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राज्ञी/राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (राज्ञः/राज्ञी-स्वरूपा) qualifying शक्तिः

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) एकवचनम्

• नियन्त्री: controller
• नियन्त्री: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियन्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता) एकवचनम्; agent noun ‘controller’

• विश्वतः-मुखी: facing everywhere; all-faced
• विश्वतः-मुखी: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वतः (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + मुखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः (विश्वतः मुखानि यस्याः सा) qualifying शक्तिः

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shakti

FAQs

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

It teaches the Shaiva Siddhanta view that the universe functions by Shiva’s impulse, yet Shiva (Pati) remains untouched by confusion; Shakti operates as His governing ordinance, regulating pasha-bound beings without binding the Lord.

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

Linga worship contemplates Shiva as the transcendent, undeluded Pati, while also honoring His manifest governance through Shakti; thus the devotee learns to see cosmic order as Shiva’s presence without reducing Him to worldly change.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the steady witness beyond delusion while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), aligning one’s mind with divine ājñā (inner discipline) and offering actions as regulated by Shakti rather than ego.