Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 50

स्कन्दसरः (Skandasara) — तीर्थवर्णनम् / Description of the Skandasara Sacred Lake

Devanagari script

भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं ब्रह्मसंमितं भक्तिवर्धनम् । एतच्छिवपुराणस्य वक्तुः श्रोतुश्च सर्वदा

Transliteration

bhuktimuktipradaṃ brahmasaṃmitaṃ bhaktivardhanam | etacchivapurāṇasya vaktuḥ śrotuśca sarvadā

Translation

إنَّ «شيفا بورانا» هذا يمنح لذّات الدنيا والتحرّر (موكشا) معًا؛ وهو في سلطانه كالفيدا ويزيد البهاكتي. ولمن يتلوه ولمن يصغي إليه، تثمر هذه الثمار دائمًا.

Word by Word

• भुक्ति-मुक्ति-प्रदम्: granting enjoyment and liberation
• भुक्ति-मुक्ति-प्रदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhukti (प्रातिपदिक) + mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative): भुक्तिं च मुक्तिं च प्रददाति इति; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ब्रह्म-संमितम्: equal to Brahman / of Brahman-like measure
• ब्रह्म-संमितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃmita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्मणा संमितम्/ब्रह्मवत् प्रमाणितम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भक्ति-वर्धनम्: increasing devotion
• भक्ति-वर्धनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + vardhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: भक्तेः वर्धनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• एतत्: of this
• एतत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (as determiner of following noun)

• शिव-पुराणस्य: of the Shiva Purana
• शिव-पुराणस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: शिवस्य पुराणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वक्तुः: of the speaker
• वक्तुः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaktṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• श्रोतुः: of the listener
• श्रोतुः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrotṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: always)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Positions the Purāṇa as ‘brahma-sammita’ (Veda-authoritative), legitimizing it as a śāstric means for both prosperity and liberation—akin to a portable tīrtha through recitation.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares śravaṇa (devout listening) and pravacana (recitation) of the Shiva Purana as a direct means to grow bhakti toward Pati (Shiva), yielding both dharmic wellbeing (bhukti) and final release from pāśa (bondage) as mukti.

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

By praising the Purana as bhakti-vardhana, it supports Saguna upāsanā—devotional worship of Shiva through Linga, names, and narratives—where sustained devotion matures into right knowledge and grace, culminating in mukti.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular hearing/reading of the Shiva Purana with devotion—especially in vratās and festivals like Mahāśivarātri—serves as a primary practice; it can be paired with japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” and simple Linga-pūjā to deepen the stated bhakti.