Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 32

शक्तितत्त्ववर्णनम् / Exposition of the Principle of Śakti

Devanagari script

परया च तया भक्त्या प्रसादो लभ्यते परः । प्रसादात्सर्वपाशेभ्यो मुक्तिर्मुक्तस्य निर्वृतिः

Transliteration

parayā ca tayā bhaktyā prasādo labhyate paraḥ | prasādātsarvapāśebhyo muktirmuktasya nirvṛtiḥ

Translation

بذلك الإخلاص الأسمى (بهكتي) تُنال نعمةُ الربّ شيفا المتعالية. ومن تلك النعمة يكون التحرّر من جميع القيود (باشا)؛ وللمتحرّر تنشأ السكينةُ الأخيرة والغبطةُ التامّة.

Word by Word

• परया: by supreme (devotion)
• परया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/करण), एकवचन (sg.); विशेषण—‘भक्त्या’ इत्यस्य

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तया: by that
• तया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd), एकवचन (sg.); सर्वनाम-विशेषण—‘भक्त्या’ इत्यस्य

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/करण), एकवचन (sg.)

• प्रसादः: grace, favor
• प्रसादः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (sg.)

• लभ्यते: is obtained
• लभ्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• परः: supreme
• परः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st), एकवचन (sg.); विशेषण—‘प्रसादः’ इत्यस्य

• प्रसादात्: from grace
• प्रसादात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/अपादान), एकवचन (sg.)

• सर्वपाशेभ्यः: from all bonds
• सर्वपाशेभ्यः: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/अपादान), बहुवचन (pl.); समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘सर्वे पाशाः’)

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st), एकवचन (sg.)

• मुक्तस्य: of the liberated one
• मुक्तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मुच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (sg.); भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• निर्वृतिः: final peace, bliss
• निर्वृतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st), एकवचन (sg.)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Frames mokṣa as arising from Śiva’s prasāda (grace): release from pāśas and attainment of nirvṛti; supports the Siddhānta emphasis that liberation is completed by divine anugraha rather than effort alone.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches the Shaiva Siddhanta principle that liberation is ultimately granted by Śiva’s prasāda (grace), which is drawn forth through parā-bhakti (supreme devotion), resulting in freedom from all pāśas (bondages) and culminating in nirvṛti—final peace.

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

Worship of the Śiva-liṅga as Saguna Śiva is a primary means of cultivating parā-bhakti; that devotion ripens into Śiva’s grace, which severs the bonds (pāśas) and leads the devotee toward the transcendent (para) realization indicated here.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse points to sustained bhakti-sādhana—especially japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with liṅga-pūjā—so that devotion matures into prasāda, the decisive cause of release from bondage.