Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 92

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

Devanagari script

तया ततमिदं शश्वत्तथापि स न दुष्यति । अनिदं प्रथमं सर्वमीशितव्यं स ईश्वरः

Transliteration

tayā tatamidaṃ śaśvattathāpi sa na duṣyati | anidaṃ prathamaṃ sarvamīśitavyaṃ sa īśvaraḥ

Translation

由祂的圣力，此整个宇宙恒常遍满；然而祂并不为其所染。祂非由任何物所生——祂为最初者；一切皆当受祂统御；唯祂是自在主（Īśvara）。

Word by Word

• तया: by her
• तया: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण) एकवचनम्; ‘by her/with her’

• तम्: pervaded
• तम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तन् (धातु) → ततम् (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; past participle ‘spread/pervaded’ qualifying इदम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता/विषय) एकवचनम्

• शश्वत्: always
• शश्वत्: कालाधिकरण (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शश्वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचकक्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb of time: always)

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: सम्बन्ध (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; concessive connective

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता) एकवचनम्

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम्

• दुष्यति: is tainted
• दुष्यति: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; ‘is tainted/corrupted’

• अ: not- / un-
• अ: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (अव्यय)
• Form: नञ्-प्रत्ययः (negating prefix) used with following word; treated as sandhi-resolved particle

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता/विषय) एकवचनम्; with नञ्: ‘not this’

• प्रथमम्: first/primary
• प्रथमम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; adjective to सर्वम्/ (or to implied ‘तत्त्वम्’)

• सर्वम्: all (as a whole)
• सर्वम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता/विषय) एकवचनम्; ‘the all/whole’

• ईशितव्यम्: to be governed
• ईशितव्यम्: विधेय (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईश् (धातु) → ईशितव्य (कृदन्त, तव्यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; gerundive/obligative: ‘to be ruled/controlled’

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता) एकवचनम्

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: विधेय (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता) एकवचनम्; predicate nominative

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s supreme nature in the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares Shiva as Pati—the eternal, all-pervading Lord—who sustains and governs the cosmos without being bound or tainted by it, guiding the seeker toward liberation through knowledge of His transcendence.

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

Though Shiva is beyond all objects and impurities, devotees approach His immanence through Saguna worship—especially the Shiva Linga—recognizing it as a sacred support for meditating on the all-pervading Īśvara described here.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the inner ruler (Īśvara) who pervades all yet remains untouched; japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with vibhūti (Tripuṇḍra) and Rudrāksha supports this contemplation.