Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 92

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

सशक्तयस्सानुचरास्सर्वलोकनमस्कृताः । सर्वेषामेव लोकानां सृष्टिसंहरणक्षमाः

Transliteration

saśaktayassānucarāssarvalokanamaskṛtāḥ | sarveṣāmeva lokānāṃ sṛṣṭisaṃharaṇakṣamāḥ

Translation

พวกเขาทรงไว้ซึ่งศักติทิพย์ของตน พร้อมด้วยบริวาร เป็นที่นอบน้อมของสรรพโลก และสามารถกระทำการสร้างและการสลายแห่งโลกทั้งปวงได้

Word by Word

• स-शक्तयः: together with (their) powers
• स-शक्तयः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह/सम्; उपसर्गार्थक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (‘शक्तयः सह येषाम्’)

• स-अनुचराः: with attendants
• स-अनुचराः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह) + अनुचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (‘अनुचरैः सह’)

• सर्व-लोक-नमस्कृताः: revered by all worlds
• सर्व-लोक-नमस्कृताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + नमस्कृत (नमस् + कृ धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘सर्वलोकैः नमस्कृताः’ — instrumental sense inside compound)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• सृष्टि-संहरण-क्षमाः: capable of creation and dissolution
• सृष्टि-संहरण-क्षमाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + संहरण (हृ धातु; ल्युट्/अन-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त-भाव) + क्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘सृष्टेः संहरणस्य च क्षमाः’ — capability)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Cosmic cycles implied: delegated creation and dissolution of worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shakti

FAQs

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

It affirms that Shiva’s divine agency operates through śakti: the Lord and His empowered hosts are revered because they administer sṛṣṭi (manifestation) and saṃhāra (withdrawal), guiding souls from bondage toward liberation.

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

The Liṅga signifies Shiva as the supreme Pati beyond form, while Saguna worship honors His manifest powers (śaktis) that sustain the cosmos; reverence to the Liṅga is reverence to the very source of creation and dissolution described here.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Contemplate Shiva as Pati with inseparable Śakti while japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) is performed; offer bilva leaves or vibhūti with the intent of surrendering the ego into saṃhāra and awakening inner purity.