Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11

Śiva’s Freedom from Bondage and His Cosmic Support (शिवस्य अबन्धत्वं तथा सर्वाधिष्ठानत्वम्)

Devanagari script

शिवेनाधिष्ठितं यस्माज्जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् । सर्वरूपः स्मृतश्शर्वस्तथा ज्ञात्वा न मुह्यति

Transliteration

śivenādhiṣṭhitaṃ yasmājjagatsthāvarajaṃgamam | sarvarūpaḥ smṛtaśśarvastathā jñātvā na muhyati

Translation

由于整个宇宙——不动与动者——皆由湿婆主宰并维系；又因“舍尔瓦（Śarva）”被忆念为具一切形相者，知此真理之人不堕迷妄。

Word by Word

• śivena: by Śiva
• śivena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/तृतीया), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• adhiṣṭhitam: presided over / governed
• adhiṣṭhitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhi-√sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kṛdanta past passive participle (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त/क्त), Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Accusative (1st/2nd; form identical), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); agrees with jagat...

• yasmāt: from whom / because of whom
• yasmāt: Apādāna (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (Pronoun/सर्वनाम), Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Pañcamī vibhakti (Ablative/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Accusative (1st/2nd; form identical), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• sthāvara-jaṅgamam: (consisting of) immobile and mobile (beings)
• sthāvara-jaṅgamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthāvara (प्रातिपदिक) + jaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāsa: Dvandva (द्वन्द्व) ‘sthāvara + jaṅgama’; Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Accusative (1st/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); adjective to jagat

• sarva-rūpaḥ: having all forms
• sarva-rūpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāsa: Bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) ‘one whose forms are all’; Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• smṛtaḥ: is remembered/called
• smṛtaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kṛdanta past passive participle (भूतकृदन्त/क्त), Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); used predicatively ‘is called/remembered’

• śarvaḥ: Śarva (Śiva)
• śarvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• tathā: thus / in that way
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (Indeclinable/अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), ‘having known/understood’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, negation particle (निषेध)

• muhyati: is deluded / becomes confused
• muhyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muh (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (Present/लट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sharva

FAQs

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

It teaches that realizing Śiva as the presiding Lord of all existence (moving and unmoving) destroys moha (delusion) and steadies the seeker in right knowledge, a key step toward liberation in Shaiva Siddhanta.

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

The Liṅga is worshipped as the all-pervading sign of Śiva who supports the entire jagat; knowing Śiva as sarva-rūpa affirms that every form and deity is ultimately sustained by the one Pati, approached through saguna worship that matures into deeper realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as the indwelling ruler of all beings while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya); let the insight “all is sustained by Śiva” be the antidote to confusion during japa and liṅga-pūjā.