Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 45

सर्‍वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause

Devanagari script

तस्मान्नैकप्रकारेण नराणां मुक्तिरिष्यते । ज्ञानभावानुरूपेण प्रसादेनैव निर्वृतिः

Transliteration

tasmānnaikaprakāreṇa narāṇāṃ muktiriṣyate | jñānabhāvānurūpeṇa prasādenaiva nirvṛtiḥ

Translation

Therefore, the liberation of human beings is not held to be of only one kind. In accordance with the measure and disposition of their knowledge, true peace and release arise solely by (Śiva’s) grace.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान; from that/therefore)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय); negation particle (निषेध)

• eka-prakāreṇa: by one single way
• eka-prakāreṇa: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + prakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः (ekaḥ prakāraḥ) used adverbially

• narāṇām: of men/people
• narāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• muktiḥ: liberation
• muktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• iṣyate: is held/considered
• iṣyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); passive-like sense “is accepted/considered”

• jñāna-bhāva-anurūpeṇa: according to the state of knowledge
• jñāna-bhāva-anurūpeṇa: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/According to)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + anurūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: (jñānasya bhāvaḥ) + (tasya anurūpaḥ)

• prasādena: by grace
• prasādena: Karaṇa (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय); emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• nirvṛtiḥ: cessation/bliss (final release)
• nirvṛtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirvṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that moksha is not a uniform, one-size result; liberation manifests according to one’s jñāna and inner bhāva, but its decisive cause is Śiva’s prasāda (grace), which alone dissolves bondage and grants final peace.

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

Linga and saguna-upāsanā cultivate purified bhāva and ripened understanding; when devotion and insight mature, Śiva’s grace becomes effective, leading the seeker from form-based worship toward the highest release.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adopt daily Śiva-upāsanā that refines bhāva—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), reverent Linga-pūjā with bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and/or rudrākṣa—while seeking right knowledge and humility to receive grace.