Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 80

अनुग्रह-स्वातन्त्र्य-प्रमाणविचारः | Inquiry into Pramāṇa, Divine Autonomy, and Grace

Devanagari script

निदानभूतैस्संसाररोगः पुंसां प्रवर्तते । अस्य रोगस्य भैषज्यं ज्ञानमेव न चापरम्

Transliteration

nidānabhūtaissaṃsārarogaḥ puṃsāṃ pravartate | asya rogasya bhaiṣajyaṃ jñānameva na cāparam

Translation

From the causes that act as its very basis, the disease of worldly bondage (saṃsāra) arises in human beings. For this disease, knowledge alone is the medicine—there is no other remedy.

Word by Word

• निदानभूतैः: by (things) that are causes
• निदानभूतैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निदान + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः ‘निदानरूपैः’ (as causes)

• संसाररोगः: the disease of worldly existence
• संसाररोगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संसारस्य रोगः)

• पुंसाम्: of men/of people
• पुंसाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुम्स्/पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• प्रवर्तते: arises/operates
• प्रवर्तते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• रोगस्य: of the disease
• रोगस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• भैषज्यम्: the remedy/medicine
• भैषज्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैषज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भैषज्यस्य विधेयम्

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपरम्: other (anything else)
• अपरम्: Visheshaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘भैषज्यम्/ज्ञानम्’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Vaidyanātha

Sthala Purana: Vaidyanātha is revered as Śiva the supreme physician; the sthala tradition links healing and release from afflictions through Śiva’s grace, often narrated with Śiva restoring wholeness and granting boons to devotees who seek cure and liberation.

Significance: Healing of bodily and existential ‘saṃsāra-roga’; seeking Śiva’s anugraha through darśana and worship, especially in the Śrāvaṇa pilgrimage season.

Mantra Metadata

Type: mahamrityunjaya

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames saṃsāra as a curable illness whose root is causation born of bondage and ignorance; liberation comes through jñāna—right knowledge that reveals Shiva (Pati) and loosens the pasha (bond).

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

Linga-worship and devotion to Saguna Shiva are supports that purify the mind; this verse highlights that the final cure is liberating knowledge—direct insight into Shiva as the ultimate reality beyond worldly entanglement.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate jñāna through Shiva-oriented meditation and scriptural contemplation—supported by steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and disciplined worship that turns the mind inward toward truth.