Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 17

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

जय मंगलदिव्यांगि जय मंगलदीपिके । जय मंगलचारित्रे जय मंगलदायिनि

Transliteration

jaya maṃgaladivyāṃgi jaya maṃgaladīpike | jaya maṃgalacāritre jaya maṃgaladāyini

Translation

ชัยแด่พระแม่ผู้มีอวัยวะทิพย์อันเป็นมงคลและรุ่งเรือง! ชัยแด่พระแม่ผู้เป็นประทีปแห่งมงคล! ชัยแด่พระแม่ผู้มีจริยาวัตรอันเป็นมงคล! ชัยแด่พระแม่ผู้ประทานมงคล!

Word by Word

• जय: hail! victory to!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), संबोधनार्थक-निपात (vocative particle of salutation)

• मङ्गल-दिव्य-अङ्गि: O auspicious one with divine limbs
• मङ्गल-दिव्य-अङ्गि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गिन्/अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular); समासः कर्मधारयः (descriptive)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), संबोधनार्थक-निपात

• मङ्गल-दीपिके: O lamp of auspiciousness
• मङ्गल-दीपिके: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + दीपिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of auspiciousness')

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), संबोधनार्थक-निपात

• मङ्गल-चारित्रे: O one of auspicious conduct/character
• मङ्गल-चारित्रे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + चारित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular); समासः कर्मधारयः (descriptive: 'auspicious character')

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), संबोधनार्थक-निपात

• मङ्गल-दायिनि: O giver of auspiciousness
• मङ्गल-दायिनि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + दायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'giver of auspiciousness')

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the hymn/context within the Vayu Samhita discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: जय मंगलदिव्यांगि जय मंगलदीपिके । जय मंगलचारित्रे जय मंगलदायिनि

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Gaurī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse is a Devi-stuti that frames the Goddess as the visible form of maṅgala (auspicious grace): she illumines the devotee’s path (dīpikā) and bestows well-being and spiritual fortune, leading the pashu (bound soul) toward Shiva through her compassionate power.

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

In Saguna Shiva worship, Shiva is adored together with Shakti; this hymn praises the auspicious, grace-giving dimension through which the devotee gains purity and readiness for Linga worship—seeing the Divine Couple as inseparable in granting protection, merit, and inner illumination.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Use this as a brief japa-style praise before Shiva–Parvati puja: recite the verse with devotion, then continue with Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering lamp (dīpa) and vibhūti/tripuṇḍra as symbols of illumination and purification.