Shloka 103

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause

Devanagari script

भाविदुःखं समायाति तस्मात्ते भौतिका मता । अमेध्या शनिपातश्च महामारी तथैव च

Transliteration

bhāviduḥkhaṃ samāyāti tasmātte bhautikā matā | amedhyā śanipātaśca mahāmārī tathaiva ca

Translation

Future sorrow may descend upon a person; therefore these are regarded as worldly (bhūtika) afflictions—impurity and defilement, the malignant fall of Śani (Saturn), that is, inauspicious astral influence, and likewise great epidemics.

Word by Word

• भावि-दुःखम्: future suffering
• भावि-दुःखम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भावि (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (भावि दुःखम्)

• समायाति: comes/arrives
• समायाति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (enclitic)

• भौतिकाः: material/elemental (omens)
• भौतिकाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भौतिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• मताः: are considered
• मताः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत (कृदन्त; √मन्/मन्-धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'considered'

• अमेध्याः: impure/unclean (things)
• अमेध्याः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमेध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• शनि-पातः: falling/inauspicious influence of Saturn
• शनि-पातः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनि (प्रातिपदिक) + पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शनेः पातः)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• महामारी: great epidemic/plague
• महामारी: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva Purana teachings to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse classifies certain sufferings—impurity, inauspicious astral pressure (Shani), and epidemics—as “bhautikā,” i.e., worldly conditions that bring future sorrow. From a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, it implies that such pains belong to the realm of pāśa (bondage) and are to be transcended by turning the mind toward Pati (Shiva), the liberating Lord.

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

By naming worldly afflictions, the text sets up the need for refuge in Saguna Shiva—worship of the Shiva-Linga through devotion and right conduct—so the devotee gains inner purity and steadiness. Linga worship is presented as a stabilizing, purifying support amid changing worldly forces.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical Shaiva takeaway is to cultivate śauca (purity) and perform regular Shiva upāsanā—japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and simple Linga worship. If following Shiva Purana’s ritual idiom, this pairs naturally with Tripundra (bhasma) and Rudraksha as supports for purity and steadiness.