Shloka 36

शिवमायाप्रभाववर्णनम्

Description of the Power/Effects of Śiva’s Māyā

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठेन विरोधं तु कृतवान्नष्टचेतनः । पुनः शिवप्रासादाच्च ब्राह्मणोऽभूत्स एव वै

Transliteration

vasiṣṭhena virodhaṃ tu kṛtavānnaṣṭacetanaḥ | punaḥ śivaprāsādācca brāhmaṇo'bhūtsa eva vai

Translation

Having lost right discernment, he entered into conflict with Vasiṣṭha; yet, by Lord Śiva’s grace, that very man was indeed restored again as a brāhmaṇa.

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठेन: with Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठेन: Saha/Pratiyogi (सह/प्रतियोगि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• विरोधम्: hostility/conflict
• विरोधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (adversative particle)

• कृतवान्: did/committed
• कृतवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतुँ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (perfect participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having done’

• नष्टचेतनः: one whose consciousness was lost
• नष्टचेतनः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्ट + चेतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (नष्टा चेतना यस्य सः)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• शिवप्रासादात्: from Śiva's palace/temple
• शिवप्रासादात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य प्रासादः)

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

• ब्राह्मणः: a brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Imperfective past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Niyamaka (नियमक/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• वै: certainly
• वै: Nishcaya (निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of assertion)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vasistha

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva’s anugraha (saving grace): even when a person falls into delusion and adharmic conflict, sincere turning toward Śiva can restore inner purity, right conduct, and spiritual eligibility.

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

Śiva’s grace is commonly mediated through saguna worship—devotion to the Liṅga, prayer, and surrender—by which the devotee is purified and reinstated in dharma, reflecting Śiva as compassionate Pati who releases the bound soul.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is repentance with steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and simple Liṅga-pūjā with bhasma and water, seeking Śiva’s prāsāda for inner restoration.