Shloka 84

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

सविकारान्राजसादीन्गुणान्रुंधे व्यपोहति । गुणातीतः परशिवो गुरुरूपं समाश्रितः

Transliteration

savikārānrājasādīnguṇānruṃdhe vyapohati | guṇātītaḥ paraśivo gururūpaṃ samāśritaḥ

Translation

Paraśiva, who is beyond the guṇas, taking refuge in the form of the Guru, restrains and removes the guṇas such as rajas together with their modifications, and thus leads the bound soul beyond their sway.

Word by Word

• सविकारान्: with modifications (having transformations)
• सविकारान्: विशेषण (Adjectival to ‘गुणान्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (प्रातिपदिक) + विकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—विकारैः सह (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/सह-समासार्थ)

• राजस-आदीन्: beginning with rajas (etc.)
• राजस-आदीन्: विशेषण (Adjectival to ‘गुणान्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजस (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—राजसः आदयः येषां ते (आदि-तत्पुरुष; ‘beginning with rajas’)

• गुणान्: the guṇas/qualities
• गुणान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• रुन्धे: restrains/blocks
• रुन्धे: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• व्यपोहति: removes/dispels
• व्यपोहति: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अप + ऊह्/वह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• गुणातीतः: beyond the guṇas
• गुणातीतः: विशेषण (Adjectival to ‘परशिवः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + अतीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—गुणान् अतीतः (द्वितीया-तत्पुरुष)

• परशिवः: Supreme Śiva
• परशिवः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—परः शिवः

• गुरुरूपम्: the form of the guru
• गुरुरूपम्: कर्म (Object; what is assumed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—गुरोः रूपम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• समाश्रितः: has assumed/taken refuge in
• समाश्रितः: क्रिया/विधेय (Predicate; 'having resorted to')
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating Śiva’s teaching on liberation in the Vidyeśvarasaṃhitā context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that liberation is not achieved by the soul’s effort alone: Paraśiva, as the Guru, subdues and dispels the binding play of the three guṇas and their mental modifications, enabling transcendence and true freedom.

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

Though Paraśiva is guṇātīta (nirguṇa), He compassionately becomes accessible as saguna—especially as the Guru and through Linga-worship—so the devotee can receive guidance and grace that loosens bondage to rajas, tamas, and even sattva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate Guru-bhakti and disciplined japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with steady meditation to quiet rājasic and tāmasic vṛttis; this supports inner purification so Śiva’s grace can lift one beyond the guṇas.