Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 54

पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati

Devanagari script

कर्मक्षये पुनश्चान्यत्ततो याति स तत्त्वतः । स एवादिस्स्वयं योगनिमित्तं भोक्तृभोगयोः

Transliteration

karmakṣaye punaścānyattato yāti sa tattvataḥ | sa evādissvayaṃ yoganimittaṃ bhoktṛbhogayoḥ

Translation

当业力之藏耗尽时，灵魂便真实地迁入另一境界。彼——原初的湿婆——亲自为瑜伽之因，亦为能受用者与所受用境（享受者与所享之物）二者之根基。

Word by Word

• कर्म-क्षये: upon the exhaustion of karma
• कर्म-क्षये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Condition-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कर्मणः क्षयः)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• अन्यत्: something else/another state
• अन्यत्: Karma (कर्म/Object; with याति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ततः: thereupon/from that
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (ablatival adverb)

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्त्वतः: in truth/essentially
• तत्त्वतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तत्त्व-शब्दात् तसिल्/तस्-प्रत्यय (adverb)

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/alone
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• आदिः: the beginning/first cause
• आदिः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: by himself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनः (reflexive adverb)

• योग-निमित्तम्: the cause/occasion of union (yoga)
• योग-निमित्तम्: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य/Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + निमित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (योगस्य निमित्तम्)

• भोक्तृ-भोगयोः: of the enjoyer and the enjoyment/object of enjoyment
• भोक्तृ-भोगयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी द्विवचन (Genitive/Locative dual); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (भोक्ता च भोगश्च)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that transmigration continues until karma is exhausted, and that Śiva as Pati is the ultimate ground enabling yoga and the resolution of the knower-known (bhoktṛ-bhogya) split that binds the soul.

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

By affirming Śiva as the primordial source behind both experience and the experiencer, it supports Linga-worship as a focused Saguna support that leads the mind toward the truth of Śiva as the inner cause of yoga and liberation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is sustained yoga grounded in Śiva—daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with meditation on the Linga—aimed at burning karmic residues and stabilizing the witness beyond bhoktṛ-bhogya.