Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 89

अनुग्रह-स्वातन्त्र्य-प्रमाणविचारः | Inquiry into Pramāṇa, Divine Autonomy, and Grace

Devanagari script

अयसश्चलतस्तद्वच्छिवो ऽप्यस्येति सूरयः । न निवर्तयितुं शक्यं सान्निध्यं सदकारणम्

Transliteration

ayasaścalatastadvacchivo 'pyasyeti sūrayaḥ | na nivartayituṃ śakyaṃ sānnidhyaṃ sadakāraṇam

Translation

智者宣说：“如铁被磁石牵引而动，此人亦如是趋向湿婆而行。”由真实因缘（正当的灵因与功德）所生的对湿婆之圣近，既不可逆转，亦不可阻止。

Word by Word

• अयसः: of iron
• अयसः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• चलतः: of (it) moving
• चलतः: विशेषण (of ‘अयसः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चल् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; present active participle used in genitive singular

• तद्वत्: likewise, similarly
• तद्वत्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् + वत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानार्थक-निपात (indeclinable of comparison: ‘like that’)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: सम्बन्ध/निपातार्थ (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: ‘also/even’)

• अस्य: of this (world/thing)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्यसूचक (Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्ति-निपात (quotative particle)

• सूरयः: the sages, the wise
• सूरयः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• निवर्तयितुम्: to stop, to turn back
• निवर्तयितुम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose/Infinitive complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वृत् (धातु) + णिच् + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive), हेतुमत्/प्रयोजनार्थ; ‘to cause to turn back/stop’

• शक्यम्: possible
• शक्यम्: विधेय (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √शक् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (potential/gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘possible’

• सान्निध्यम्: presence, proximity
• सान्निध्यम्: कर्ता/विषय (Subject/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• सत्-कारणम्: having a real/true cause; with a valid cause
• सत्-कारणम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय तत्पुरुष; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; qualifying ‘सान्निध्यम्’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that when the soul gains genuine Śiva-sannidhya (nearness to the Lord) through right cause—devotion, purity, and accumulated merit—it becomes naturally drawn to Śiva, and this divine movement cannot be obstructed.

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

Linga and Saguna worship cultivate tangible “sannidhya”—a lived sense of Śiva’s presence. As devotion matures, the aspirant is pulled toward Śiva steadily and spontaneously, like iron drawn to a magnet.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Sustained japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with daily Śiva-pūjā—supported by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa—strengthens the ‘true cause’ (sat-kāraṇa) that ripens into unwavering closeness to Śiva.