Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 53

सर्‍वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause

Devanagari script

एतन्मनोमयं चक्रं मया सृष्टं विसृज्यते । यत्रास्य शीर्यते नेमिः स देशस्तपसश्शुभः

Transliteration

etanmanomayaṃ cakraṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ visṛjyate | yatrāsya śīryate nemiḥ sa deśastapasaśśubhaḥ

Translation

یہ منو مَی چکر جو میں نے رچا ہے، اب چھوڑ کر رواں کیا جاتا ہے؛ جہاں اس کی نیمی گھس کر ٹوٹ جائے، وہی مقام تپسیا کے لیے مبارک ہے۔

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• manomayam: mind-made
• manomayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रत्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; मनसः मयम् = made of mind (genitive tatpuruṣa)

• cakram: wheel, disc
• cakram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental

• sṛṣṭam: created
• sṛṣṭam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘created’

• visṛjyate: is released/let go
• visṛjyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• asya: of it/its
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive

• śīryate: breaks, wears away
• śīryate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śṝ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘breaks/decays’

• nemiḥ: rim (of a wheel)
• nemiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nemi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• saḥ: that
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• deśaḥ: place, region
• deśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• tapasaḥ: of austerity
• tapasaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive

• śubhaḥ: auspicious
• śubhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; agrees with deśaḥ

Speaker

Lord Shiva (as the supreme Pati teaching through the Vayu Samhita’s yogic-philosophical narration)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: A cosmo-ritual etiology: a ‘mind-made wheel’ is created and released; where its rim breaks becomes a tapas-kṣetra. This resembles a mythic charter for sacred geography rather than a single Jyotirliṅga origin.

Significance: Sanctifies landscape through divine intentionality: places are holy because they are ‘touched’ by Śiva’s will and become fit for tapas, i.e., for pāśa-kṣaya and anugraha.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that sacred geography is not merely external: the Lord’s will (Pati) can reveal auspicious fields for tapas, and the “mind-made wheel” points to the mind as a subtle instrument whose movement determines where spiritual intensity manifests.

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

It supports Saguna Shiva’s role as the compassionate guide who establishes holy places and conditions for sādhana; such places become fit for Linga-worship, japa, and meditation because they are marked by Shiva’s intentional “release” of spiritual potency.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Undertake tapas in a consecrated/holy place with steady mind—practically expressed in Shaiva practice as japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), dhyāna on Shiva, and disciplined observances (optionally with bhasma/tripuṇḍra and rudrāksha as supports).