Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11

लिङ्गप्रतिष्ठा-माहात्म्यम् / The Greatness of Liṅga Installation

Devanagari script

यतो न तदनाज्ञातं कार्याय प्रभवेत्स्वतः । ततो जातस्य विश्वस्य तत्रैव विलयो यतः

Transliteration

yato na tadanājñātaṃ kāryāya prabhavetsvataḥ | tato jātasya viśvasya tatraiva vilayo yataḥ

Translation

เพราะไม่มีผลใดที่พระองค์ไม่ทรงรู้แล้วจะบังเกิดขึ้นได้เอง ดังนั้นจักรวาลที่เกิดจากพระองค์ย่อมสลายกลับสู่พระองค์เท่านั้น เพราะพระองค์คือฐานและเหตุแห่งมัน

Word by Word

• yataḥ: from which; because
• yataḥ: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), relative adverb (सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), negation particle (निषेध)

• tat: that (thing)
• tat: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• anājñātam: unknown; not known
• anājñātam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-√jñā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kridanta past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); with privative prefix a-/an- (नञ्)

• kāryāya: for an effect/purpose
• kāryāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/for-purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• prabhavet: could arise; would originate
• prabhavet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√bhū (धातु)
• Form: Verb (तिङन्त), Potential/Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• svataḥ: from itself; by itself
• svataḥ: Apādāna (अपादान/source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), ablatival adverb (पञ्चमी-अर्थे)

• tataḥ: from that; therefore
• tataḥ: Apādāna (अपादान/source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), ablatival adverb (पञ्चमी-अर्थे)

• jātasya: of the arisen/born
• jātasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jan (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kridanta past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) used adjectivally, Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• viśvasya: of the universe
• viśvasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), emphatic particle (निश्चय/अवधारण)

• vilayaḥ: dissolution; destruction
• vilayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• yataḥ: from which; because
• yataḥ: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), relative adverb (सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: causality doctrine: nothing arises outside Śiva’s knowing/ground; universe returns to its source

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It affirms Shiva (Pati) as the all-knowing, independent cause: nothing arises outside His awareness, and all manifested existence ultimately returns to Him—guiding the seeker toward surrender and liberation (moksha).

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

The Linga symbolizes the causal ground into which creation dissolves; worship of Saguna Shiva and the Linga trains the mind to recognize that all effects depend on Shiva, culminating in insight into His transcendent (nirguna) reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the source and end of all (srishti–sthiti–pralaya) while repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” ideally with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudraksha to steady devotion and inner awareness.