Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 10

काम्यकर्मविभागः — Taxonomy of Kāmya (Desire-Motivated) Śaiva Rites

Devanagari script

तस्मादाभ्यन्तरे कुर्युः शैवा माहेश्वरा वहिः । न तु प्रयोगो भिद्येत वक्ष्यमाणस्य कर्मणः

Transliteration

tasmādābhyantare kuryuḥ śaivā māheśvarā vahiḥ | na tu prayogo bhidyeta vakṣyamāṇasya karmaṇaḥ

Translation

因此，内在当为湿婆行者（Śaiva），外相则为摩诃伊湿伐罗行者（Māheśvara）；但即将宣说之仪轨，其所规定的程序不可更改，亦不可破坏。

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• ābhyantare: inside/within
• ābhyantare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ābhyantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial locative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपे सप्तमी एकवचन) meaning ‘internally/within’

• kuryuḥ: should do
• kuryuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु; कृ)
• Form: Optative/vidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• śaivāḥ: Śaivas
• śaivāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• māheśvarāḥ: Māheśvaras
• māheśvarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vahiḥ: outside
• vahiḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• tu: but/however
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात; contrast)

• prayogaḥ: procedure/application
• prayogaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhidyeta: should differ
• bhidyeta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhid (धातु; भिद्)
• Form: Optative/vidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); ‘should differ’ (negated)

• vakṣyamāṇasya: of what is to be stated
• vakṣyamāṇasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vakṣyamāṇa (कृदन्त; √vac वच्, future passive participle/शतृ-like; periphrastic)
• Form: Future passive participle (भावी कर्मणि कृदन्त; ‘to be stated’), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying karmaṇaḥ

• karmaṇaḥ: of the act/rite
• karmaṇaḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Tatpuruṣa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches integrity in Śiva-worship: inner identity as a Śaiva (devotion and surrender to Pati, Śiva) must be matched with disciplined outer conduct, while faithfully preserving the scriptural method (vidhi) of the observance.

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

Linga/Saguṇa worship is performed through definite rites—mantra, offerings, and prescribed marks of devotion. The verse emphasizes that the external form of worship should express the inner Śaiva bhāva, and that the Linga-ritual’s procedure should not be arbitrarily modified.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Maintain inner remembrance of Śiva while observing the established Shaiva vidhi—such as mantra-japa and traditional Shaiva disciplines (including accepted external identifiers like bhasma/tripuṇḍra and related observances where taught)—without breaking the prescribed sequence.