Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 34

भक्ताधिकारि-द्विजधर्म-योगिलक्षणवर्णनम् / Duties of Qualified Devotees and Marks of Yogins

Devanagari script

ममाज्ञाधारभावेन सद्भावातिशयेन च । तदालोकनमात्रेण सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्

Transliteration

mamājñādhārabhāvena sadbhāvātiśayena ca | tadālokanamātreṇa sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet

Translation

Gestützt auf Meinen Befehl und ermächtigt durch ein Übermaß an wahrer Hingabe, geschieht allein durch das Betrachten die Vernichtung aller Sünden.

Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• आज्ञा-आधार-भावेन: by the state of being the support of (my) command
• आज्ञा-आधार-भावेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक) + आधार (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आज्ञायाः आधारः) + तत्पुरुषः (आधारस्य भावः)

• सद्भाव-अतिशयेन: by the great excess of true devotion
• सद्भाव-अतिशयेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्भाव (प्रातिपदिक) + अतिशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सद्भावस्य अतिशयः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्-आलोकन-मात्रेण: by merely looking at that
• तत्-आलोकन-मात्रेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + आलोकन (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तस्य आलोकनम्) + तत्पुरुषः (आलोकनस्य मात्रम्)

• सर्व-पाप-क्षयः: the destruction of all sins
• सर्व-पाप-क्षयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (सर्वाणि पापानि) + षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापानां क्षयः)

• भवेत्: would occur / may happen
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General darśana-māhātmya: by beholding the Śiva-sanctioned sacred manifestation (likely liṅga/arca), sins are destroyed when grounded in Śiva’s ājñā and true devotion.

Significance: Darśana of Śiva (liṅga/arca, or His empowered presence) grants pāpa-kṣaya and prepares the paśu for anugraha (grace) through bhakti.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that when a sacred Shaiva object or form is established under Shiva’s authority and approached with intense sincere devotion, mere darśana (beholding) becomes a purifying act that burns accumulated pāpa and turns the soul toward grace.

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

It supports the Shaiva principle that Saguna Shiva—especially in the form of the Linga—grants purification through darśana when worship is aligned with Shiva’s injunctions (ājñā) and performed with true bhāva, leading the devotee toward higher realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice reverent darśana with concentrated bhakti—visit a Shiva shrine (Linga), behold with steady mind, and inwardly anchor the attention in Shiva (often through japa of the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), treating the sight itself as a contemplative act.