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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 7

शिवस्य विश्वव्याप्तिः—अष्टमूर्तिः पञ्चब्रह्म च | Śiva’s Cosmic Pervasion: Aṣṭamūrti and the Pañcabrahma Forms

Devanagari script

स्थाणोस्तत्पुरुषाख्या या मूर्तिर्मूर्तिमतः प्रभोः । गुणाश्रयात्मकं भोग्यमव्यक्तमधितिष्ठति । धर्माद्यष्टांगसंयुक्तं बुद्धितत्त्वं पिनाकिनः । अधितिष्ठत्यघोराख्या मूर्तिरत्यंतपूजिता

Transliteration

sthāṇostatpuruṣākhyā yā mūrtirmūrtimataḥ prabhoḥ | guṇāśrayātmakaṃ bhogyamavyaktamadhitiṣṭhati | dharmādyaṣṭāṃgasaṃyuktaṃ buddhitattvaṃ pinākinaḥ | adhitiṣṭhatyaghorākhyā mūrtiratyaṃtapūjitā

Translation

Đối với Thượng Chủ hiển lộ như Sthāṇu, hình tướng mang danh Tatpuruṣa chủ trì nguyên lý vô hiển (avyakta), là đối tượng của sự thọ dụng, làm chỗ nương của các guṇa. Và hình tướng Aghora, được tôn thờ bậc nhất, chủ trì buddhi-tattva của Pinākin (Śiva), đầy đủ tám chi phần bắt đầu từ dharma.

Word by Word

स्थाणोःof Sthāṇu (Śiva)

तत्पुरुष-आख्याnamed Tatpuruṣa

याwhich

मूर्तिःform

मूर्ति-मतःof the embodied one (having forms)

प्रभोःof the Lord

गुण-आश्रय-आत्मकम्of the nature of the support of the guṇas

भोग्यम्the enjoy-able object

अव्यक्तम्the unmanifest

अधितिष्ठतिpresides over

धर्म-आदि-अष्ट-अङ्ग-संयुक्तम्connected with eight parts beginning with dharma

बुद्धि-तत्त्वम्the principle of intellect (buddhi-tattva)

पिनाकिनःof Pinākin (Śiva)

अधितिष्ठतिpresides over

अघोर-आख्याnamed Aghora

मूर्तिःform

अत्यन्त-पूजिताhighly worshipped

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Tatpuruṣa

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva, though transcendent, also governs the inner principles of experience—such as the unmanifest source of the guṇas and the intellect—so the seeker can purify bondage (pāśa) and move toward liberation under the Lord’s grace (anugraha).

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

The Liṅga worship addresses Śiva as both nirguṇa (beyond qualities) and saguṇa (with forms). Here, Tatpuruṣa and Aghora are saguṇa revelations through which the devotee contemplates Śiva’s lordship over avyakta and buddhi, integrating ritual devotion with inner meditation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva’s Aghora aspect as the purifier of buddhi (intellect) and on Tatpuruṣa as the Lord of the unmanifest; during Liṅga-pūjā, support this with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and inner offering of one’s thoughts and discernment to Śiva.