Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 31

भक्ताधिकारि-द्विजधर्म-योगिलक्षणवर्णनम् / Duties of Qualified Devotees and Marks of Yogins

Devanagari script

तथेह परिपूर्णस्य साध्यं मम न विद्यते । तथैव कृतकृत्यानां तेषामपि न संशयः

Transliteration

tatheha paripūrṇasya sādhyaṃ mama na vidyate | tathaiva kṛtakṛtyānāṃ teṣāmapi na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ฉันใดก็ฉันนั้น ในที่นี้ ผู้ที่บรรลุความสมบูรณ์แล้ว ย่อมไม่มีสิ่งใดให้เราต้องบรรลุอีกต่อไป ฉันนั้นเอง สำหรับผู้ที่ทำสิ่งที่ควรทำสำเร็จแล้ว ก็ปราศจากข้อสงสัยเช่นกัน.

Word by Word

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Prakāra (adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa-kāla-avyaya (adverb of place/इह)

• paripūrṇasya: of the complete (one)
• paripūrṇasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paripūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; used substantively 'of the complete one'

• sādhyam: something to be accomplished
• sādhyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• mama: for me / of me
• mama: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; Sarvanāma

• na: not
• na: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Pratiṣedha (negation)

• vidyate: exists, is found
• vidyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; Ātmanepada; bhāva/karmaṇi sense: 'is found/exists'

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Prakāra (adverb)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa (emphatic particle/अवधारण)

• kṛta-kṛtyānām: of those who have fulfilled their duty
• kṛta-kṛtyānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta + kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Bahuvacana; Karmadhāraya: kṛta-kṛtya = 'one who has done what is to be done'

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana; Sarvanāma

• api: also
• api: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (also/even)

• na: no/not
• na: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Pratiṣedha

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches the Shaiva Siddhanta ideal of pūrṇatva (spiritual completeness): when the soul becomes kṛtakṛtya through Shiva’s grace and right practice, nothing remains to be ‘achieved’—liberation is the state of having fulfilled all that is necessary.

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

Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva devotion are practical means for the bound soul (paśu) to mature into purity and completeness; once that maturity is reached, the seeker rests in Shiva as the already-attained Supreme, rather than chasing further worldly or even ritual attainments.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is niṣkāma-bhakti and inward steadiness: continue Shiva-upāsanā (e.g., Panchakshara japa and meditative absorption) until the sense of ‘something still to gain’ falls away into contentment and surrender to Pati (Shiva).