Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 22

शैवधर्मप्रशंसा तथा पञ्चविधसाधनविभागः / Praise of Śaiva Dharma and the Fivefold Classification of Practice

Devanagari script

ततः स्यान्मुक्तसंसारो मुक्तः शिवसमो भवेत् । ब्रह्मप्रोक्त इत्युपायः स एव पृथगुच्यते

Transliteration

tataḥ syānmuktasaṃsāro muktaḥ śivasamo bhavet | brahmaprokta ityupāyaḥ sa eva pṛthagucyate

Translation

ครั้นแล้วผู้นั้นย่อมพ้นจากพันธะแห่งสังสารวัฏ เป็นผู้หลุดพ้นและถึงความเสมอด้วยพระศิวะ อุบายเดียวกันนี้ที่พระพรหมตรัสไว้ จึงถูกกล่าวไว้ที่นี่เป็นวิธีเฉพาะ

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय) ‘then/thereupon’

• स्यात्: would be / becomes
• स्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• मुक्त: freed
• मुक्त: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मुच् धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); first member in compound

• संसारः: (one) freed from saṃsāra
• संसारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); compound: मुक्तसंसार = ‘one whose saṃsāra is freed/ended’ (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-sense; here used adjectivally as predicate)

• मुक्तः: liberated
• मुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मुच् धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• शिव: of Śiva
• शिव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन) as first member in compound

• समः: equal to Śiva
• समः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); compound: शिवसम = ‘equal to Śiva’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• ब्रह्म: by Brahmā / by Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karaṇa (करण; agent-instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन) as first member in compound (agent in passive sense)

• प्रोक्तः: spoken by Brahmā
• प्रोक्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); compound: ब्रह्मप्रोक्त = ‘spoken by Brahmā’ (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इत्यर्थक-अव्यय)

• उपायः: means/method
• उपायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• सः: that (he/it)
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय) ‘separately/distinctly’

• उच्यते: is said
• उच्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); passive sense ‘is said’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma

FAQs

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

It states that by following the prescribed upāya (means), one is released from saṃsāra and attains Śiva-like liberated status—emphasizing Śiva as the supreme goal (Pati) and liberation as freedom from bondage (pāśa).

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

In the Shiva Purana’s devotional-ritual framework, Linga/Saguṇa worship functions as an upāya that purifies the soul and leads toward liberation; the verse summarizes the promised fruit of such Śaiva means as culminating in Śiva-sāmya.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse points to a specific “means” taught elsewhere in the discourse; in the Vāyavīya philosophical setting this typically aligns with Śiva-bhakti joined to japa/dhyāna (often of the Pañcākṣarī) and disciplined Śaiva observances that remove bondage.