Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 13

सत्रप्रवृत्तिः — वायोः आगमनं च

Commencement of the Satra and the Arrival of Vāyu

Devanagari script

कच्चिदभ्यर्च्य युष्माभिर्विधिरासीत्स्वनुष्ठितः । निवृत्ते च महासत्रे पश्चात्किं वश्चिकीर्षितम्

Transliteration

kaccidabhyarcya yuṣmābhirvidhirāsītsvanuṣṭhitaḥ | nivṛtte ca mahāsatre paścātkiṃ vaścikīrṣitam

Translation

พวกท่านได้บูชาด้วยวิธีอันถูกต้อง และปฏิบัติตามพิธีที่กำหนดอย่างครบถ้วนแล้วหรือ? และเมื่อมหาสัตระสิ้นสุดลงแล้ว ต่อจากนี้พวกท่านประสงค์จะทำสิ่งใด?

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether
• कच्चित्: Prashna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-निपात (whether?)

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल/preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-अर्च् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having worshipped’

• युष्माभिः: by you (all)
• युष्माभिः: Karta (कर्ता/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• विधिः: the rite/procedure
• विधिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/लङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुनुष्ठितः: well performed
• सुनुष्ठितः: Karma (कर्म/Predicative complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सु + अनु-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘well-performed’

• निवृत्ते: upon completion
• निवृत्ते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘when (it) had ended’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महासत्रे: in/at the great satra (sacrificial session)
• महासत्रे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—महान् + सत्रम् (‘great session-sacrifice’)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kāla (काल/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: afterwards)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘cikīrṣitam’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun)

• वः: your
• वः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/your)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• चिकीर्षितम्: intended (to do)
• चिकीर्षितम्: Karma (कर्म/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + सन् (इच्छार्थक) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: सन्नन्त-धातु (desiderative) ‘चिकीर्ष’ + क्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘intended to be done / wished’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrative voice in the Purana, addressing the assembled sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

FAQs

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

It emphasizes disciplined completion of prescribed worship and rites, then turning the mind toward the next purposeful step—ideally deeper Shaiva devotion and pursuit of liberation under Pati (Shiva), not mere ritual completion.

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

By asking whether worship was properly performed, the verse reflects the Purana’s stress on correct, reverent observance (vidhi) in Saguna worship—such as Linga-arcana—so that ritual becomes a vehicle for grace and inner purification.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is adherence to vidhi in worship—regular arcana with purity and attention—followed by continued sadhana such as japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as the ‘what next’ beyond a completed rite.