Shloka 13

अग्नियज्ञ-देवयज्ञ-ब्रह्मयज्ञ-गुरुपूजा-क्रमनिरूपणम् / Ordering and Definitions of Agniyajña, Devayajña, Brahmayajña, and Guru-Pūjā

Devanagari script

संसारवैद्यः सर्वज्ञः सर्वभेषजभेषजम् । आदावारोग्यदं वारं स्ववारं कृतवान्प्रभुः

Transliteration

saṃsāravaidyaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvabheṣajabheṣajam | ādāvārogyadaṃ vāraṃ svavāraṃ kṛtavānprabhuḥ

Translation

The Lord—physician of saṃsāra, all-knowing, the remedy of all remedies—first established His own sacred day (svavāra), a day that bestows health and freedom from affliction.

Word by Word

• संसार-वैद्यः: physician of worldly existence
• संसार-वैद्यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + वैद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (doctor of saṃsāra); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वज्ञः: all-knowing
• सर्वज्ञः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सर्व-भेषज-भेषजम्: the remedy of all remedies
• सर्व-भेषज-भेषजम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भेषज (प्रातिपदिक) + भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष; ‘भेषजानां भेषजम्’ (medicine of medicines); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आदौ: at first
• आदौ: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय—सप्तमी-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: at first/in the beginning)

• आरोग्यदम्: health-giving
• आरोग्यदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आरोग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (आरोग्यं ददाति इति); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• वारम्: a day/observance (vāra)
• वारम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्व-वारम्: his own day
• स्व-वारम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (one’s own day); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृतवान्: made/established
• कृतवान्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Vaidyanātha

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Vaidyanātha

Sthala Purana: Śiva as the supreme physician (vaidya) removes the disease of saṃsāra; later sthala traditions connect Vaidyanātha with healing and liberation through devotion and worship.

Significance: Sought for relief from afflictions and for inner healing—freedom from saṃsāric bondage—through Śiva’s grace.

Mantra Metadata

Type: mahamrityunjaya

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Śiva as the supreme healer: not only curing bodily disease but removing the deeper affliction of saṃsāra, implying that devotion and right worship of Śiva are the highest medicine.

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

By calling the Lord the ‘remedy of remedies’ and linking Him with an auspicious sacred day, the verse supports Saguna worship—such as Linga-pūjā—performed on Śiva’s favored times to receive grace, purification, and well-being.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Observe Śiva’s sacred day with Linga-abhiṣeka, japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and simple vrata (discipline) for health, inner cleansing, and release from bondage.