Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 37

पूजास्थानशुद्धिः पात्रशोधनं च — Purification of the Worship-Space and Preparation of Ritual Vessels

Devanagari script

देवसारं च विद्वद्भिरगोचरमिति श्रुतम् । आदिमध्यान्तरहितं भेषजं भवरोगिणाम्

Transliteration

devasāraṃ ca vidvadbhiragocaramiti śrutam | ādimadhyāntarahitaṃ bheṣajaṃ bhavarogiṇām

Translation

智者闻说：彼为诸天之精髓，超越感官与心识所及；无始、无中、无终，乃疗治沉沦轮回（saṃsāra）之病者的灵药。

Word by Word

• deva-sāram: the essence of the gods/divine essence
• deva-sāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘देवानां सारम्/देवस्य सारम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• vidvadbhiḥ: by the learned
• vidvadbhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidvas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृकरण), बहुवचन

• agocaram: not within the range (of senses/mind)
• agocaram: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-gocara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुष (निषेध) ‘न गोचरः’ = not accessible; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (agreeing with devasāram)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक

• śrutam: is heard/has been said
• śrutam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः ‘श्रुतम्’ = it is heard/it is said

• ādi-madhya-anta-rahitam: devoid of beginning, middle, and end
• ādi-madhya-anta-rahitam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक) + rahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (समाहार/निर्देश) ‘आदि-मध्य-अन्तैः रहितम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (agreeing with bheṣajam)

• bheṣajam: medicine, remedy
• bheṣajam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bheṣaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhava-rogiṇām: of those diseased with worldly existence
• bhava-rogiṇām: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + rogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘भवस्य रोगी’ (one afflicted by worldly existence); षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Contemplation of the beginningless, sense-transcendent Lord is presented as the true remedy for saṃsāra; the implied fruit is release from bhava-roga (bondage and rebirth).

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares Shiva as agocara (beyond sensory grasp) and as the timeless Pati whose grace alone cures the core affliction—attachment to saṃsāra—leading the pashu toward liberation.

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

Though Shiva is described as beyond perception, the Linga functions as a sacred support for devotion and contemplation, guiding the seeker from saguna worship toward realization of the nirguna, beginningless Reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as beginningless, middleless, and endless while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), treating the mantra as the inner medicine for the ‘bhava-roga’ of worldly bondage.