Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 64

योगप्रकारनिर्णयः

Classification and Definition of Yoga

Devanagari script

न च स्पर्शं विजानाति न संकल्पयते मनः । नवाभिमन्यते किंचिद्बध्यते न च काष्टवत्

Transliteration

na ca sparśaṃ vijānāti na saṃkalpayate manaḥ | navābhimanyate kiṃcidbadhyate na ca kāṣṭavat

Translation

เขาไม่รับรู้แม้การสัมผัสทางกาย ใจไม่ก่อเจตนาและความปรุงแต่ง เขาไม่ยึดสิ่งใดว่า “ของเรา” แต่ก็ไม่ถูกผูกมัด—และไม่กลายเป็นท่อนไม้ที่เฉื่อยชา

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

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

• sparśam: touch
• sparśam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sparśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• vijānāti: knows/recognizes
• vijānāti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• saṃkalpayate: forms a thought/imagines
• saṃkalpayate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam√kḷp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• abhimanyate: conceives/identifies (as ‘I’/mine)
• abhimanyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi√man (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcit (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• badhyate: is bound
• badhyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bandh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

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

• kāṣṭa-vat: like a piece of wood
• kāṣṭa-vat: Karta (कर्ता/subject-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-विशेषण; अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग (comparative ‘like’); प्रथमा एकवचन (agreeing with implied subject)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It defines the mark of inner liberation: the yogin’s consciousness is free from sense-driven compulsion and egoic appropriation (abhimāna), yet he remains awake and functional—freedom is not dullness but Shiva-oriented clarity.

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

Linga-worship trains the mind to rest in Shiva as Pati (the Lord) rather than in objects as possessions; as devotion matures, saṅkalpa and ‘mine-ness’ weaken, and the devotee lives in the world without bondage while honoring Saguna Shiva as the doorway to the transcendent.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditative restraint of saṅkalpa through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steady Linga-dhyāna is implied; the practical takeaway is to observe sense-contact without grasping, offering all experiences to Shiva.