Shloka 20

वैभ्राजवन-प्रसङ्गः / The Episode of Vaibhrāja and the Yogic Forest

Vibhrāja-vana

Devanagari script

मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यश्शिवनामानुकीर्तनात् । उच्चार्यमाण एतस्मिन्देवदेवस्य तस्य वै

Transliteration

mucyate sarvapāpebhyaśśivanāmānukīrtanāt | uccāryamāṇa etasmindevadevasya tasya vai

Translation

By the repeated glorification of Śiva’s Name, one is released from all sins. For when this Name of that Lord of Lords is uttered, it truly bestows purity and liberation.

Word by Word

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुच्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: ‘is released’)

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (अपादान/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• शिवनाम-अनुकीर्तनात्: from the repeated chanting of Śiva’s name
• शिवनाम-अनुकीर्तनात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + नामन् + अनुकीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य नाम्नः अनुकीर्तनम्)

• उच्चार्यमाणः: being uttered
• उच्चार्यमाणः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + √चर् (चर्) (धातु) → उच्चार्यमाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्) कर्मणि/भावे: ‘being uttered’

• एतस्मिन्: in this (act/chant)
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; निर्देशक-सर्वनाम

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वै: indeed, certainly
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Establishes nāma-anukīrtana as a universally accessible purifier; utterance of the Deva-deva’s Name is treated as a direct instrument for pāśa (mala/karma) attenuation leading toward liberation.

Mantra Metadata

Type: panchakshara

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shiva-nāma is a direct purifier: sincere repetition and praise of Shiva’s Name dissolves pāpa (sin/impurity) and turns the mind toward Pati (Shiva), enabling liberation-oriented devotion.

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

Nāma-japa supports Saguna upāsanā: chanting Shiva’s Name is a simple, accessible form of worship that can accompany Linga-pūjā, focusing the devotee on Shiva as Devadeva and making the ritual inwardly transformative.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular Shiva-nāma-japa—especially the Panchākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as daily practice, and intensified chanting during auspicious times like Mahāśivarātri for purification and steadiness of devotion.