Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 3

त्रिमूर्तिसाम्यं तथा महेश्वरस्य परमार्थकारणत्वम् | Equality of the Trimūrti and Maheśvara as the Supreme Cause

Devanagari script

सर्वतो भुवनव्याप्तिशक्तिमव्याहतां क्वचित् । ज्ञानमप्रतिमं शश्वदैश्वर्यं चाणिमादिकम्

Transliteration

sarvato bhuvanavyāptiśaktimavyāhatāṃ kvacit | jñānamapratimaṃ śaśvadaiśvaryaṃ cāṇimādikam

Translation

祂具足无碍之力，周遍十方诸世界；祂具无比之智；并恒常执持神圣主权，连同以“微细如尘”（aṇimā）为首的瑜伽成就。

Word by Word

• सर्वतः: from all sides/everywhere
• सर्वतः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• भुवनव्याप्तिशक्तिम्: the power of pervading the worlds
• भुवनव्याप्तिशक्तिम्: कर्म (enumerated attribute as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन + व्याप्ति + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (भुवनस्य व्याप्तिः = भुवनव्याप्तिः; तस्याः शक्तिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अव्याहताम्: unobstructed
• अव्याहताम्: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्याहत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; agreeing with शक्तिम्

• क्वचित्: anywhere/at any time
• क्वचित्: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: कर्म (enumerated attribute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक; √ज्ञा (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अप्रतिमम्: incomparable
• अप्रतिमम्: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रतिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with ज्ञानम्

• शश्वत्: always/eternally
• शश्वत्: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शश्वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• ऐश्वर्यम्: lordship/sovereignty
• ऐश्वर्यम्: कर्म (enumerated attribute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• अणिमादिकम्: (powers) beginning with aṇimā, etc.
• अणिमादिकम्: कर्म (enumerated attribute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अणिमा + आदि + क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (अणिमा-आदि-गणः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse praises Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord whose shakti (power), jñāna (perfect knowledge), and aiśvarya (sovereignty) are eternal and unobstructed, establishing Him as the all-pervading source of grace and liberation.

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

Though Shiva is described as all-pervading and beyond limitation, devotees approach Him through Saguna forms such as the Shiva Linga, where the same infinite pervasion, knowledge, and lordship are reverently invoked and made accessible for devotion and meditation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva’s omnipresence and repeat the Panchakshara (Om Namah Shivaya); treat siddhis like aṇimā as incidental, keeping the mind fixed on Shiva as the giver of jñāna and moksha.