Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 19

शक्तितत्त्ववर्णनम् / Exposition of the Principle of Śakti

Devanagari script

ततः प्रसादयोगेन योगेन परमेण च । दृष्टेन भक्तियोगेन दिव्यः गतिमवाप्नुयुः

Transliteration

tataḥ prasādayogena yogena parameṇa ca | dṛṣṭena bhaktiyogena divyaḥ gatimavāpnuyuḥ

Translation

پھر شیو کے فضل (پرساد) کے یوگ سے، اور پرم یوگ سے، اور ظاہر بھکتی یوگ کے راستے سے وہ دیویہ گتی—شیو کے پرم پد—کو پا لیتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter, from that
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/अनन्तरार्थे अव्यय (adverb: thence/thereafter)

• प्रसादयोगेन: by the union/means of grace
• प्रसादयोगेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद-योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—प्रसादस्य योगः

• योगेन: by yoga
• योगेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• परमेण: supreme
• परमेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषण—योगेन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दृष्टेन: experienced/realized
• दृष्टेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषण—भक्तियोगेन (अनुभूत/प्राप्त)

• भक्तियोगेन: by devotion-yoga
• भक्तियोगेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति-योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—भक्तेः योगः

• दिव्यः: divine
• दिव्यः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण—गतिः

• गतिम्: state/goal, path
• गतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयुः: may attain
• अवाप्नुयुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that liberation is not achieved by effort alone: the highest attainment comes through Śiva’s prasāda (grace), supported by supreme yoga-discipline and fulfilled through bhakti-yoga, the direct and accessible path to the Divine.

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

Bhakti-yoga here is “manifest” (dṛṣṭa)—practically lived through Saguna worship such as reverence to the Śiva-liṅga, which becomes a channel for receiving Śiva’s grace and maturing inner yoga toward the divine goal.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A combined practice is implied: devotion with disciplined yoga—regular japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation on Śiva, and grace-oriented worship (pūjā) as the lived form of bhakti-yoga.