Shloka 134

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

त्वत्स्वरूपेर्पिता बुद्धिर्नतेऽशून्ये च रोचति । या चास्त्यस्मदहंतेति त्वयि दृष्टे विवर्जिता

Transliteration

tvatsvarūperpitā buddhirnate'śūnye ca rocati | yā cāstyasmadahaṃteti tvayi dṛṣṭe vivarjitā

Translation

When the intellect is offered into Your own essential nature, it no longer delights in the “non-void” (any objective support). And the notion, “I am this” (ego-sense), which persists in us, is abandoned when You are truly seen.

Word by Word

• tvat-svarūpe: in your true form
• tvat-svarūpe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: ‘your form/nature’

• arpitā: offered/dedicated
• arpitā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arp (अर्प् धातु) → arpita (कृदन्त, past participle)
• Form: Kta-pratyaya (क्त), Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with buddhiḥ

• buddhiḥ: the intellect
• buddhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Niṣedha-avyaya (निषेधार्थक अव्यय), negation

• te: for you / to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• aśūnye: in the non-void (non-empty)
• aśūnye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-śūnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); nañ-tatpuruṣa (negated): ‘not void’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avyaya (समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय), conjunction ‘and’

• rocati: shines / is pleased / delights
• rocati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ruc (रुच् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Eka-vacana (singular); parasmaipada

• yā: which (she/that)
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun referring to buddhiḥ/ahaṃtā

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avyaya (समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय), conjunction

• asti: exists / is
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Eka-vacana (singular)

• asmat: of me / my
• asmat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); enclitic base in compound-like usage

• ahaṃtā: ego-sense (‘I-ness’)
• ahaṃtā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahaṃtā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग) marking thought/statement

• tvayi: in you
• tvayi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• dṛṣṭe: when (you are) seen/realized
• dṛṣṭe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु) → dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त, past participle)
• Form: Kta (क्त) used as locative absolute; Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Puṃliṅga/Napumsaka form; ‘when (you are) seen/realized’

• vivarjitā: abandoned / given up
• vivarjitā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + varj (वर्ज् धातु) → vivarjita (कृदन्त, past participle)
• Form: Kta (क्त), Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate: ‘is abandoned’ (refers to ahaṃtā)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (teaching within the Vidyeśvarasaṃhitā context on realization and ego-transcendence)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: Kāśī’s Viśveśvara is presented as the revealer of liberating knowledge: when buddhi is surrendered into Śiva’s svarūpa, object-support (ālambana) and ahaṃtā fall away—this is the jñāna-side of Kāśī’s promise of mokṣa.

Significance: Frames pilgrimage not merely as external merit but as inner transformation: ego-thinning and surrender culminating in Śiva-darśana (realization).

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that liberation arises when buddhi is surrendered into Shiva’s svarūpa; then attachment to external supports and the ego-notion “I am this” naturally falls away through Shiva-darśana (direct realization).

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

Saguna worship (Linga, mantra, pūjā) steadies the mind and refines buddhi; as devotion matures, awareness is led to Shiva’s essential nature beyond object-supports, where ego-identification is relinquished.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditative surrender: japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with inward offering of thoughts into Shiva, combined with steady contemplation that dissolves ahaṃtā rather than feeding it.