Shloka 150

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

शिवपूजापरो मौनी सत्यादिगुणसंयुतः । क्रियातपोजपज्ञानध्यानेष्वेकैकमाचरेत्

Transliteration

śivapūjāparo maunī satyādiguṇasaṃyutaḥ | kriyātapojapajñānadhyāneṣvekaikamācaret

Translation

Devoted to the worship of Śiva, observing sacred silence, and endowed with virtues beginning with truthfulness, one should steadily undertake—each in turn—the disciplines of sacred action, austerity, mantra-recitation, spiritual knowledge, and meditation.

Word by Word

• शिवपूजापरः: devoted to Śiva-worship
• शिवपूजापरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिवपूजा + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (one devoted to Śiva-worship)

• मौनी: silent / observing silence
• मौनी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मौनिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• सत्यादिगुणसंयुतः: endowed with virtues beginning with truth
• सत्यादिगुणसंयुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य + आदि + गुण + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; ‘सत्यादयः गुणाः’ इति समाहार-निर्देश

• क्रिया: ritual action
• क्रिया: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समुच्चय-गणनायाम् (as item in list)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समुच्चय-गणनायाम्

• जपः: mantra-recitation
• जपः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समुच्चय-गणनायाम्

• ज्ञान: knowledge
• ज्ञान: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समुच्चय-गणनायाम्

• ध्यानेषु: in meditation(s)
• ध्यानेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; अधिकरण (in/among meditations)

• एकैकम्: each one (individually)
• एकैकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (each one, one by one)

• आचरेत्: should practice / should perform
• आचरेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: General sādhana instruction applicable at any Śiva-kṣetra; emphasizes inner discipline (mauna, satya) alongside outer worship.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: (implied) oṃ namaḥ śivāya

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents a Shaiva Siddhanta-aligned progression of sādhanā: ethical virtues and restraint (mauna, satya) support Shiva-bhakti, which then matures through disciplined practice—ritual action, austerity, mantra-japa, right knowledge, and meditation—toward liberation under Shiva’s grace.

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

“Śiva-pūjā” primarily points to Saguna worship—Linga-arcana with prescribed kriyā—while also indicating that such worship should culminate in inner japa, jñāna, and dhyāna, leading the devotee from external forms to internal realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It recommends structured practice: begin with Shiva-pūjā (kriyā) and disciplined tapa, then take up mantra-japa—classically the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and stabilize the mind in dhyāna, supported by truthfulness and controlled speech (mauna).