Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 14

सत्रप्रवृत्तिः — वायोः आगमनं च

Commencement of the Satra and the Arrival of Vāyu

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ता मुनयः सर्वे वायुना शिवभाविना । प्रहृष्टमनसः पूताः प्रत्यूचुर्विनयान्विताः

Transliteration

ityuktā munayaḥ sarve vāyunā śivabhāvinā | prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ pūtāḥ pratyūcurvinayānvitāḥ

Translation

诸圣仙既蒙风神伐由（Vāyu）开示——其性本为对湿婆（Śiva）的虔敬——皆心喜而得净化，遂以谦恭与敬礼而答。

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-समापन-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• uktāḥ: having been addressed/said to
• uktāḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (वच् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘said/addressed’

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (मुनि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (munayaḥ)

• vāyunā: by Vāyu
• vāyunā: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (वायु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• śiva-bhāvinā: of Śiva-natured / devoted to Śiva
• śiva-bhāvinā: Karana-anvaya (करण-सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (शिव प्रातिपदिक) + bhāvin (भाविन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शिवे भावः यस्य/शिवभावी); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (vāyunā)

• prahṛṣṭa-manasaḥ: whose minds were delighted
• prahṛṣṭa-manasaḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prahṛṣṭa (प्रहृष्ट कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + manas (मनस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (प्रहृष्टं मनः येषाम्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (munayaḥ)

• pūtāḥ: purified
• pūtāḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pū (पू धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (munayaḥ)

• pratyūcuḥ: replied
• pratyūcuḥ: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√vac (प्रति + वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• vinaya-anvitāḥ: endowed with humility
• vinaya-anvitāḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vinaya (विनय प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (अन्वित प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विनयेन अन्विताः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (munayaḥ)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyu–sages dialogue at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Vayu
• Shiva
• Munis (Sages)

FAQs

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

The verse highlights a Shaiva Siddhanta principle: contact with a Śiva-centered teacher (here, Vāyu as śiva-bhāvin) brings inner purification and joyful receptivity, expressed as humility—an essential disposition for receiving liberating knowledge of Pati (Śiva).

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

Though the Liṅga is not named here, the mood is foundational to Saguna Śiva worship: devotion that purifies the mind, leading the seeker to respond with vinaya (reverence). Such humility is repeatedly presented as the proper approach to Śiva’s forms, rites, and teachings.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is to cultivate vinaya and śiva-bhāva before study or pūjā—begin with mental reverence and a short Śiva-japa (e.g., the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to steady the mind and invite purification.