Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 35

सत्याः पुनस्तपश्चर्या — Satī’s Return to Austerity (Tapas) and Fearless Liṅga-Worship

Devanagari script

क्रीडा ऽपि च जगन्मातस्तव लोकहिताय वै । अतो ममेष्टमनया फलं किमपि साध्यताम्

Transliteration

krīḍā 'pi ca jaganmātastava lokahitāya vai | ato mameṣṭamanayā phalaṃ kimapi sādhyatām

Translation

噢，宇宙之母，你的神圣戏游（līlā）亦确为诸世界之安乐。故愿由此行持，也令我所愿之果报得以成就。

Word by Word

• क्रीडा: play/sport
• क्रीडा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चय-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

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

• जगत्-मातः: O Mother of the world
• जगत्-मातः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘mother of the world’

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• लोकहिताय: for the world’s welfare
• लोकहिताय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘for the welfare of the world’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (हेतु/Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतु/निष्कर्ष-अव्यय (therefore/from this)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• इष्टम्: desired (aim)
• इष्टम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘desired (thing)’

• अनया: by this (means)
• अनया: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम — ‘by this (means)’

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• किम्: some/any (whatsoever)
• किम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्न/अनिश्चित-विशेषण (interrogative/indefinite in context)

• अपि: even/also (forming ‘some’)
• अपि: Anishchaya (अनिश्चित/Indefinite marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थे (indefinite particle with किम्: ‘some’)

• साध्यताम्: let it be accomplished
• साध्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-भावे (let it be accomplished)

Speaker

A devotee addressing the Goddess (Jagad-mātā), within Suta Goswami’s Vayu Samhita narration to the sages

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It frames the Goddess’s līlā as compassionate, world-benefiting action (loka-hita) and teaches that a devotee’s personal wish becomes purified when aligned with that universal welfare—seeking grace rather than egoic gain.

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

In Saguna worship, devotees approach Shiva together with Shakti (Jagad-mātā) through prayer and service; this verse exemplifies asking for “phala” as prasāda—results granted by divine compassion—rather than merely worldly accomplishment.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is phala-samarpaṇa (offering the result): perform japa of the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with a prayer that any desired outcome be for loka-hita, then surrender the fruit to Shiva-Shakti.