Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 130

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

असुरांतकरश्चक्री शक्रस्यापि तथानुजः । प्रादुर्भूतश्च दशधा भृगुशापच्छलादिह

Transliteration

asurāṃtakaraścakrī śakrasyāpi tathānujaḥ | prādurbhūtaśca daśadhā bhṛguśāpacchalādiha

Translation

ณ ที่นี้ ผู้ทรงจักร ผู้ทำลายอสูร และเป็นอนุชาของศักระ (อินทรา) ได้อุบัติเป็นสิบปาง โดยอ้างเหตุแห่งคำสาปของภฤคุ

Word by Word

• असुरान्तकरः: destroyer of the demons
• असुरान्तकरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असुर + अन्त + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (असुराणाम् अन्तं करोति)

• चक्रि: discus-bearer
• चक्रि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; चक्रधारी (possessing a discus)

• शक्रस्य: of Indra
• शक्रस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अनुजः: younger brother
• अनुजः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• प्रादुर्भूतः: manifested/appeared
• प्रादुर्भूतः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रादुर्-भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भू (भवति) धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकालिक-विशेषण (past participle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• दशधा: in ten forms/tenfold
• दशधा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दशधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्याविशेषण-निबद्ध क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in ten ways)

• भृगुशापच्छलात्: because of the pretext of Bhṛgu’s curse
• भृगुशापच्छलात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान; cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु + शाप + छल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (भृगुशापस्य छलम्)

• इह: here/in this world
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण/Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: avatāra-cycle (tenfold manifestation) triggered by a ṛṣi-śāpa as narrative device

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Indra (Shakra)
• Bhrigu

FAQs

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

It frames divine manifestation as governed by dharma and cosmic causality: even great deities appear in particular forms due to karmic-narrative instruments (like a sage’s curse), while the Supreme (Pati) remains the ultimate regulator beyond all bonds.

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

By showing that even Viṣṇu’s forms arise within the cosmic order, the text implicitly points seekers to the Shaiva focus on the Linga as the stable Saguna support for meditation—where the devotee turns from changing manifestations to the Lord who grants liberation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Contemplate the Lord’s governance of manifestation and causality while repeating the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”; this steadies the mind beyond fear of worldly change and aligns devotion toward moksha.