Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 30

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Devanagari script

मुनीनां विलयं तत्र निरोधं तेजसस्ततः । याथात्म्यवेदनं तस्य चिंतितस्यापि चात्मभिः

Transliteration

munīnāṃ vilayaṃ tatra nirodhaṃ tejasastataḥ | yāthātmyavedanaṃ tasya ciṃtitasyāpi cātmabhiḥ

Translation

在那里，诸牟尼得入有限自我的消融；继而，心与诸根的光耀之力被摄持而止。即便是以自我观想祂者，也会生起对祂如实本性的直接了知。

Word by Word

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• विलयम्: dissolution/merging
• विलयम्: Karma (कर्म/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; enumerated phenomenon

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• निरोधम्: restraint/cessation
• निरोधम्: Karma (कर्म/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• तेजसः: of radiance/energy
• तेजसः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ततः: thereupon/from that
• ततः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमसूचक (adverb: 'thereupon/from that')

• याथात्म्य-वेदनम्: realization of true nature
• याथात्म्य-वेदनम्: Karma (कर्म/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वेदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (याथात्म्यस्य वेदनम्)

• तस्य: of that/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चिन्तितस्य: of the contemplated/meditated (one)
• चिन्तितस्य: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle) 'चिन्तित'; पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तस्य)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• आत्मभिः: by selves/by souls
• आत्मभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Munis

FAQs

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

It teaches that liberation matures through yogic restraint (nirodha) and culminates in yāthātmyavedana—direct realization of Shiva’s true nature—where the soul’s limited identity dissolves in the Lord’s grace and knowledge.

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

Contemplation (cintā) of Shiva—often supported by Saguna forms like the Linga—still leads beyond mental fluctuations to true-nature knowledge, guiding the devotee from form-supported meditation toward direct realization of the Supreme (Pati).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A clear takeaway is dhyāna with nirodha: steadying the mind and senses while contemplating Shiva (commonly with japa of the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), leading to inner cessation and insight.