Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 22

पञ्चाक्षरीविद्यायाḥ कलियुगे मोक्षोपायः | The Pañcākṣarī Vidyā as a Means of Liberation in Kali Yuga

Devanagari script

सर्वं प्रकृतिमापन्नं तत्र संलयमेष्यति । एको ऽहं संस्थितो देवि न द्वितीयो ऽस्ति कुत्रचित्

Transliteration

sarvaṃ prakṛtimāpannaṃ tatra saṃlayameṣyati | eko 'haṃ saṃsthito devi na dvitīyo 'sti kutracit

Translation

สรรพสิ่งที่เข้าสู่ปรกฤติ ย่อมไปสู่การสลาย ณ ที่นั้นเอง โอ เทวี เราเพียงผู้เดียวตั้งมั่นอยู่ ไม่มีผู้ที่สอง ณ ที่ใดหรือกาลใดเลย.

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रकृतिम्: nature/prakṛti
• प्रकृतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आपन्नम्: having entered/attained
• आपन्नम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-आपन्न (कृदन्त; आपद् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past active sense: ‘having reached’)

• तत्र: there/then
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• संलयम्: dissolution/merging
• संलयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एष्यति: will go/enter
• एष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु; गत्यर्थ)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एकः: one/alone
• एकः: Pratijna/Predicate (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम

• संस्थितः: remaining/established
• संस्थितः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• द्वितीयः: a second (one)
• द्वितीयः: Karta (कर्ता; of अस्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अस्ति: exists/is
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere at all
• कुत्रचित्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘कुत्र’ (interrogative/indefinite adverb) + ‘चित्’ (indefinite particle)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Teaches that all manifest returns to prakṛti while Śiva alone remains—pilgrimage and worship aim at recognizing the Pati beyond changing tattvas, culminating in grace.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: pralaya / saṃlaya into prakṛti

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches that all manifested existence resolves back into Prakṛti at dissolution, while Shiva—the supreme Pati—remains the sole, unchanged Reality beyond all duality.

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

The Liṅga is revered as the sign of the formless, non-dual Shiva: even when all forms dissolve into Prakṛti, Shiva remains; Liṅga-worship anchors the mind in that eternal substratum behind changing names and forms.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the one abiding Reality (eka), using japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to withdraw attention from transient prakṛtic modifications toward the inner stillness of Pati.