Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 62

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

Devanagari script

न चास्य जनिता कश्चिन्न च जन्म कुतश्चन । न जन्महेतवस्तद्वन्मलमायादिसंज्ञकाः

Transliteration

na cāsya janitā kaścinna ca janma kutaścana | na janmahetavastadvanmalamāyādisaṃjñakāḥ

Translation

无人为祂之生父，祂的诞生亦不从任何处而来。同样，对祂而言并无生起之因——如所谓“垢”（mala）、“幻力”（māyā）等诸名相。

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्य: of him/of this
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोग (contextual)

• जनिता: begetter/creator (father)
• जनिता: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनि (धातु) + तृच् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (Agent noun), तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (जनितृ/जनिता), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कश्चित्: anyone
• कश्चित्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Indefinite pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुतश्चन: from anywhere/for any reason
• कुतश्चन: सम्बन्ध (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतस् (अव्यय) + चन (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘कुतः’ (from where) + ‘चन’ (indefinite particle) = ‘from anywhere/for any reason’

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• जन्म-हेतवः: causes of birth
• जन्म-हेतवः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: ‘जन्मस्य हेतवः’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तद्वत्: likewise/so
• तद्वत्: सम्बन्ध (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative particle), ‘like that/so’

• मल-माया-आदि-संज्ञकाः: called ‘mala, māyā, etc.’
• मल-माया-आदि-संज्ञकाः: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मल (प्रातिपदिक) + माया (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः (मलमायादयः येषां संज्ञा = ‘having the designation “mala, māyā, etc.”’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: न चास्य जनिता कश्चिन्न च जन्म कुतश्चन । न जन्महेतवस्तद्वन्मलमायादिसंज्ञकाः

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Maya
• Mala

FAQs

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

It declares Shiva as Pati—the unborn, uncaused Supreme—who is not conditioned by impurity (mala) or māyā, guiding the seeker toward liberation through recognizing His transcendence.

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

While Shiva is birthless and beyond māyā, devotees approach Him through Saguna worship such as the Linga, which serves as an accessible form pointing to His Nirguna reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as ajā (unborn) while repeating the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and cultivate inner purity to transcend mala and māyā.