Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 25

शिवलोकप्रवेशः

Entry into Śivaloka through successive gateways

Devanagari script

अमायमजमाद्यञ्च मायाधीशं परात्परम् । प्रकृतेः पुरुषस्यापि परमं स्वप्रभुं सदा

Transliteration

amāyamajamādyañca māyādhīśaṃ parātparam | prakṛteḥ puruṣasyāpi paramaṃ svaprabhuṃ sadā

Translation

他离于迷妄，不生不始；为摩耶之主，超越至高。恒为自性之最高自在主，超出普拉克里蒂（自然）与普鲁沙（个体觉知）二者之上。

Word by Word

• अमायम्: free from deceit/illusion
• अमायम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• अजम्: unborn
• अजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• आद्यम्: primeval/first
• आद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मायाधीशम्: Lord of Māyā
• मायाधीशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मायायाः ईशः)

• परात्-परम्: higher than the highest
• परात्-परम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परात् (अव्यय/उपपद) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (परात् अपि परः)

• प्रकृतेः: of Prakṛti (nature)
• प्रकृतेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• पुरुषस्य: of Puruṣa (spirit/person)
• पुरुषस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्व-प्रभुम्: one’s own Lord/master (self-lord)
• स्व-प्रभुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (स्वः प्रभुः)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: amāyamajamādyañca māyādhīśaṃ parātparam | prakṛteḥ puruṣasyāpi paramaṃ svaprabhuṃ sadā

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse declares Shiva as the independent Supreme (Pati): untouched by delusion, unborn, and transcendent—ruling over māyā and surpassing both nature (prakṛti) and the bound soul (puruṣa). Realizing Him as the ever-free Lord is presented as the ground of liberation.

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

Although Shiva is described as beyond all categories (parātpara), the Shiva Purana typically directs devotees to approach this transcendent reality through saguna worship—especially the Śiva-liṅga—where the formless Supreme is honored in a form accessible to devotion and ritual.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as māyādhīśa (Lord of māyā) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—with steady bhakti; this aligns the mind away from prakṛti’s deluding pull and toward the self-luminous, independent Lord.