Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 29

नैमित्तिकविधिक्रमः

Occasional Rites and Their Procedure

Devanagari script

शिवसाधर्म्यमासाद्य न भूयो विनिवर्तते । यश्चातीव शिवे भक्तो विषयासक्तचित्तवत्

Transliteration

śivasādharmyamāsādya na bhūyo vinivartate | yaścātīva śive bhakto viṣayāsaktacittavat

Translation

เมื่อบรรลุความเสมอภาคแห่งธรรมกับพระศิวะแล้ว ย่อมไม่หวนกลับอีก. และผู้ที่ภักดีต่อพระศิวะอย่างยิ่ง จิตย่อมติดแนบในพระศิวะดุจคนทั่วไปที่ติดในอารมณ์แห่งประสาทสัมผัส.

Word by Word

• शिवसाधर्म्यम्: similarity/identity with Śiva
• शिवसाधर्म्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-साधर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शिवेन सह साधर्म्यम् / शिवस्य साधर्म्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• आसाद्य: having attained
• आसाद्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having reached/attained’

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थे (again, further)

• विनिवर्तते: returns; turns back
• विनिवर्तते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; अकर्मक

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Kriyā/Guṇa-viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अतिशयार्थक (very, exceedingly)

• शिवे: in/unto Śiva
• शिवे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (object of devotion: in/with regard to Śiva)

• भक्तः: a devotee
• भक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• विषय-आसक्त-चित्त-वत्: like one whose mind is attached to sense-objects
• विषय-आसक्त-चित्त-वत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषय + आसक्त + चित्त + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; ‘विषयेषु आसक्तं चित्तं यस्य’ इत्यर्थे वत्-प्रत्ययान्त-विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपमानवाचक

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s liberating teaching as preserved in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Defines the fruit of Śiva-bhakti as ‘śiva-sādharmya’ (Śiva-like state) and non-return to bondage; a doctrinal lens for all jyotirliṅga pilgrimages as aiming at transformation, not mere merit.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that the highest fruit of Śiva-bhakti is Śiva-sādharmya—becoming Śiva-like in purity and freedom—after which there is no return to saṃsāra; devotion becomes a one-pointed absorption that dissolves bondage.

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

Saguna worship—such as Linga-upāsanā—trains the mind into steady absorption in Śiva; when devotion matures into unwavering fixation on Him, it culminates in liberation described here as Śiva-sādharmya.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate single-pointed remembrance of Śiva through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), along with disciplined worship (pūjā) and inner dhyāna so the mind clings to Śiva rather than to sense-objects.