Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 45

अन्तराय-उपसर्ग-विवेचनम् / Analysis of Yogic Obstacles (Antarāyas) and Upasargas

Devanagari script

अथवानुग्रहेच्छायां जगतो विचरेन्मुनिः । यथाकामंगुणान्भोगान्भुक्त्वा मुक्तिं प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

athavānugrahecchāyāṃ jagato vicarenmuniḥ | yathākāmaṃguṇānbhogānbhuktvā muktiṃ prayāsyati

Translation

أو كذلك، بإرادة نعمة شيفا نفسها، قد يواصل الحكيمُ التجوالَ في العالم؛ فيتمتع كما يشاء بتجارب تنشأ من الغونات دون قيد، ثم ينتهي إلى الموكشا، التحرر.

Word by Word

• athavā: or else
• athavā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: athavā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (or/alternatively)

• anugraha-icchāyām: in the desire to bestow grace
• anugraha-icchāyām: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha-icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (anugraha + icchā)

• jagataḥ: of the world
• jagataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• vicaret: should wander
• vicaret: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-car (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• muniḥ: the sage
• muniḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yathā-kāmam: as desired, at will
• yathā-kāmam: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā-kāma (अव्ययीभाव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• guṇān: qualities/objects
• guṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• bhogān: enjoyments
• bhogān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• bhuktvā: having enjoyed
• bhuktvā: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prayāsyati: will attain/go to
• prayāsyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a jyotirliṅga legend; it articulates a Siddhāntic nuance: by Śiva’s anugraha-icchā, a liberated/near-liberated muni may continue worldly movement, experiencing guṇa-born bhogas without bondage, culminating in mukti.

Significance: Teaches that true ‘freedom in the world’ is possible only under Śiva’s grace; reframes pilgrimage-life as service/locomotion in jagat without re-entanglement.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that by Śiva’s anugraha (grace), a realized sage may remain active in the world while staying unattached to guṇa-born experiences, and still attain moksha—showing liberation depends on knowledge and grace, not mere withdrawal.

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

In Shaiva Siddhanta, Saguna worship (such as Linga-upāsanā) invites Śiva’s grace; that anugraha purifies bondage (pāśa) so the devotee can live amid worldly functions without being bound, culminating in liberation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied practice is steady yoga of detachment supported by Śiva-bhakti—commonly expressed through Panchākṣarī japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and regular Linga worship—so that experiences of the guṇas are ‘enjoyed’ without clinging and without new bondage.