Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 22

सत्रप्रवृत्तिः — वायोः आगमनं च

Commencement of the Satra and the Arrival of Vāyu

Devanagari script

दीर्घसत्रं समासीना दिव्यवर्षसहस्रकम् । अतस्तवागमादन्यत्प्रार्थ्यं नो नास्ति किंचन

Transliteration

dīrghasatraṃ samāsīnā divyavarṣasahasrakam | atastavāgamādanyatprārthyaṃ no nāsti kiṃcana

Translation

ہم ہزار دیوی برسوں تک طویل سَتر میں بیٹھے رہے۔ اب تمہارے ورود کے سوا ہمارے پاس مانگنے کو کچھ بھی نہیں۔

Word by Word

• दीर्घसत्रम्: a long sacrificial session
• दीर्घसत्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; with ‘समासीनाः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घ + सत्र (प्रातिपदिक); दीर्घसत्र (समस्तपद)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय ‘दीर्घं सत्रम्’

• समासीनाः: seated; engaged (in sitting)
• समासीनाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; implied ‘we’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + सद् (धातु) → समासीन (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle in sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having sat/being seated’

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (in compound relation)

• वर्ष: years
• वर्ष: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitival)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (in compound relation)

• सहस्रकम्: a thousand (in number)
• सहस्रकम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; apposition to duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral-based) ‘सहस्रं (वर्षाणाम्)’

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Logical connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/निष्कर्षवाचक अव्यय (therefore)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आगमात्: from (your) coming; than your arrival
• आगमात्: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अन्यत्: other
• अन्यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (here with ‘प्रार्थ्यम्’)

• प्रार्थ्यम्: something to be asked for
• प्रार्थ्यम्: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominal with ‘नास्ति’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु) → प्रार्थ्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थक (gerundive/necessitative) in sense ‘to be requested’, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नः: for us
• नः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitival)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive) बहुवचन (enclitic); ‘of us/for us’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• किंचन: anything
• किंचन: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominal with ‘नास्ति’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

Speaker

The assembled sages (ṛṣis) addressing Suta Goswami in the Naimiṣāraṇya narrative frame

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Merit of sustained sattra and śravaṇa; readiness for Śiva-tattva upadeśa through humility and longing for the teacher’s presence.

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Divine-timescale austerity: ‘thousand divine years’ (divya-varṣa-sahasra) emphasizing supra-human duration.

Characters & Entities

• Suta Goswami
• Sages (Rishis)

FAQs

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

It teaches that the highest fruit of austerity and ritual is fulfilled when true spiritual guidance arrives—satsanga and sacred narration become the direct doorway to Shiva-knowledge (Pati-jñāna) and liberation.

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

By valuing the teacher’s arrival over all other boons, the sages indicate that hearing Shiva’s glories and doctrines (as taught in Purana-katha) is the living support for Saguna worship—Linga-bhakti matures through right instruction and remembrance.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Prioritize śravaṇa (devotional listening) and nāma-japa—especially the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as the essential practice that completes ritual effort with inner devotion.