Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 26

पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्

Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva

Devanagari script

तयोराज्ञां पुरस्कृत्य प्रार्थितं मे प्रयच्छताम् । शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशमीशानाख्यं सदाशिवम्

Transliteration

tayorājñāṃ puraskṛtya prārthitaṃ me prayacchatām | śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśamīśānākhyaṃ sadāśivam

Translation

ان دونوں کے حکم کو پیشِ نظر رکھ کر میری درخواست عطا فرمائیے—‘ایشان’ نامی سداشیو، جو خالص بلور کی مانند درخشاں ہے۔

Word by Word

• tayoḥ: of those two
• tayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन

• ājñām: command
• ājñām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• puraskṛtya: having kept foremost
• puraskṛtya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puras-kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having placed in front/keeping foremost’

• prārthitam: the requested (boon)
• prārthitam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-arth (अर्थ् धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त, ‘requested’ (here: ‘what is requested’)

• me: my / for me
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• prayacchatām: (you two) grant
• prayacchatām: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-yam (यम् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• śuddha-sphaṭika-saṃkāśam: like pure crystal
• śuddha-sphaṭika-saṃkāśam: Karma (कर्म/Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक) + sphaṭika (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘शुद्धस्फटिकस्य संकाशः’ (having the appearance of pure crystal)

• īśāna-ākhyam: called Īśāna
• īśāna-ākhyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īśāna (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘ईशान इति आख्यः’ (named Īśāna)

• sadāśivam: Sadāśiva
• sadāśivam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadā-śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Vayu Samhita discourse to the sages, reporting a supplicant’s prayer within the story)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not tied to a jyotirliṅga; it is a petition for the revelation/grant of Sadāśiva as Īśāna—an anugraha motif (bestowal of divine vision/knowledge).

Significance: Positions darśana of Sadāśiva/Īśāna as a boon granted by divine command; pilgrimage and worship are framed as eligibility for such grace (anugraha).

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sadashiva
• Ishana

FAQs

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

The verse highlights surrender and right alignment with divine injunction: the seeker asks for Sadāśiva (Īśāna), whose crystal-like purity symbolizes the stainless consciousness of Pati that frees the bound soul (paśu) from pāśa.

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

Īśāna Sadāśiva is invoked as a luminous, approachable form (saguṇa for meditation), while pointing to His inner purity and transcendence; Linga-worship similarly uses a visible support to realize the formless, ever-auspicious Shiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as śuddha-sphaṭika (pure crystal radiance), repeating the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with a bhakti-filled request for His grace, keeping the guru’s and śāstra’s command foremost.