Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 38

समयाह्वय-संस्कारः — Rite of ‘Samayāhvaya’ and the Preparatory Layout

Maṇḍapa, Vedi, Kuṇḍas, Maṇḍala, Śiva-kumbha

Devanagari script

शिवतेजोमयं पाणिं शिवमंत्रमुदीरयेत् । शिवाभिमानसंपन्नो न्यसेच्छिष्यस्य मस्तके

Transliteration

śivatejomayaṃ pāṇiṃ śivamaṃtramudīrayet | śivābhimānasaṃpanno nyasecchiṣyasya mastake

Translation

دیشک اپنا ہاتھ شیو کے تیج سے بھر کر شیو منتر کا اُچار کرے؛ شیو بھاؤ سے معمور ہو کر وہ ہاتھ شِشْیَ کے سر پر رکھے۔

Word by Word

• śiva-tejaḥ-mayam: consisting of Śiva’s energy
• śiva-tejaḥ-mayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; Tatpuruṣa: ‘made of Śiva’s radiance’ (शिवस्य तेजः यस्य/येन) used adjectivally

• pāṇim: hand
• pāṇim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• śiva-mantram: the Śiva-mantra
• śiva-mantram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; Tatpuruṣa: ‘Śiva-mantra’

• udīrayet: should utter/recite
• udīrayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√īr (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; parasmaipada

• śiva-abhimāna-sampannaḥ: one endowed with Śiva-identification
• śiva-abhimāna-sampannaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + abhimāna (प्रातिपदिक) + sampanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; Tatpuruṣa: ‘endowed with identification/pride in Śiva’ (शिवे अभिमानः यस्य)

• nyaset: should place
• nyaset: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular; parasmaipada; in context ‘to place/perform nyāsa’

• śiṣyasya: of the disciple
• śiṣyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• mastake: on the head
• mastake: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mastaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Encapsulates Siddhānta’s grace-mechanism: the guru becomes ‘śivābhimāna-saṃpanna’ (imbued with Śiva-consciousness) so that Śiva’s anugraha can be transmitted through nyāsa to the disciple’s head—symbolic seat of cognition and command faculties.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: (implied) oṃ namaḥ śivāya / śiva-mantra (not explicitly quoted)

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It describes mantra-dīkṣā as an act of Śiva’s grace transmitted through the guru: the guru invokes Śiva’s tejas, recites the Śiva-mantra, and confers spiritual awakening by the head-touch (nyāsa), establishing Śiva-bhāva in the disciple.

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

The Śiva-mantra is a Saguna support that leads the disciple toward realization of Śiva as Pati (the Lord). The guru’s nyāsa sanctifies the practitioner so that Linga-worship and japa become effective means for purification and Śiva’s anugraha.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A formal Śiva-mantra initiation: recitation of the Śiva-mantra with the guru’s hand placed on the disciple’s head as a nyāsa, accompanied by cultivating Śiva-abhimāna (steady contemplative identification with Śiva) during japa and worship.