Shloka 69

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause

Devanagari script

तथा प्रपंचकर्तापि स शिवः परमेश्वरः । स्वाधिष्ठेयप्रपंचस्य दग्ध्वा सारं गृहीतवान्

Transliteration

tathā prapaṃcakartāpi sa śivaḥ parameśvaraḥ | svādhiṣṭheyaprapaṃcasya dagdhvā sāraṃ gṛhītavān

Translation

So hat jener Parameśvara Śiva – obwohl er der Schöpfer des manifestierten Universums ist – die Welt, die in seinem eigenen Bereich liegt, verbrannt und nur ihre wesentliche Realität (ihre wahre Essenz) aufgenommen.

Word by Word

• तथा: so/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तथावाचक (correlative particle)

• प्रपञ्च-कर्ता: the creator of the universe
• प्रपञ्च-कर्ता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prapañca (प्रातिपदिक) + kartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रपञ्चस्य कर्ता)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• परम-ईश्वरः: the Supreme Lord
• परम-ईश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः ईश्वरः)

• स्व-अधिष्ठेय-प्रपञ्चस्य: of the universe that is to be presided over by himself
• स्व-अधिष्ठेय-प्रपञ्चस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + adhiṣṭheya (प्रातिपदिक) + prapañca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य अधिष्ठेयः प्रपञ्चः तस्य)

• दग्ध्वा: having burned
• दग्ध्वा: Kriya (क्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dah (दह्, धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); पूर्वकाल

• सारम्: the essence
• सारम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• गृहीतवान्: took/has taken
• गृहीतवान्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (ग्रह्, धातु)
• Form: कृत्—क्तवतु (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (active sense)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: pralaya (implied burning/dissolution of prapañca)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva, while governing creation, is not bound by it; by ‘burning’ prapañca and holding only its sāra, the seeker is guided toward dispassion and realization of the Supreme Reality (Pati) beyond transient appearances.

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

Linga-worship trains the mind to move from form to essence: the devotee honors Saguna Śiva as the support of the cosmos, yet meditates through the Linga on the formless, essential Śiva who transcends the world He manifests.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate with the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) while applying bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) to cultivate vairāgya—mentally offering the changing ‘world’ into Śiva’s fire of knowledge and abiding in the inner essence.