Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 38

भक्ताधिकारि-द्विजधर्म-योगिलक्षणवर्णनम् / Duties of Qualified Devotees and Marks of Yogins

Devanagari script

यथायोग्निसमावेशान्नायो भवति केवलम् । स तथैव मम सान्निध्यान्न ते केवलमानुषाः

Transliteration

yathāyognisamāveśānnāyo bhavati kevalam | sa tathaiva mama sānnidhyānna te kevalamānuṣāḥ

Translation

正如铁被火所贯入、便不再只是铁一般；同样，由于我近在的临在，你们也不再仅仅是凡人。

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: उपमान (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमानवाचक (comparative particle: as/just as)

• अयोग्नि-समावेशात्: from entering into (a) non-fire (i.e., something not fire)
• अयोग्नि-समावेशात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + समावेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अयोग्नौ समावेशः)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• अयः: iron
• अयः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: क्रिया (Kriyā/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• केवलम्: merely/only
• केवलम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: merely/only)

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

• तथा: so
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: so/thus)

• एव: indeed
• एव: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सान्निध्यात्: from (my) presence
• सान्निध्यात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• ते: they/those
• ते: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• केवल-मानुषाः: mere humans
• केवल-मानुषाः: विधेय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक) + मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (केवलाः मानुषाः)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shiva’s sannidhya (living nearness) transforms the soul’s condition—like iron taking on fire’s qualities—so the devotee rises beyond ordinary, merely human identity through Shiva’s grace.

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

Linga/Saguna worship is a disciplined way to remain in Shiva’s presence (sannidhya). By steady contact—darśana, pūjā, japa—the devotee becomes ‘Shiva-like’ in purity and awareness, just as iron becomes fire-like when heated.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Maintain Shiva-sannidhya through daily Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Linga-pūjā, and wearing bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and/or Rudrāksha as constant reminders that the mind should stay ‘heated’ by Shiva-consciousness.