Shloka 5

शिवपुराण-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Śiva Purāṇa) / Śivapurāṇa Māhātmya

Devanagari script

तावद्विजृंभते पापं ब्रह्महत्यापुरस्सरम् । यावच्छिवपुराणं हि नोदेष्यति जगत्यहो

Transliteration

tāvadvijṛṃbhate pāpaṃ brahmahatyāpurassaram | yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

Translation

Así se va extendiendo el pecado—encabezado por el grave crimen de matar a un brāhmaṇa—hasta que el Śiva Purāṇa, en verdad, se alza y es proclamado en el mundo.

Word by Word

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb), ‘so long/that long’

• विजृम्भते: expands/spreads
• विजृम्भते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + जृम्भ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; here as कर्ता (subject) with intransitive verb

• ब्रह्महत्या-पुरस्सरम्: with brahmahatyā as foremost
• ब्रह्महत्या-पुरस्सरम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरस्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: ‘having brahmahatyā in front/foremost’); प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; agrees with ‘pāpam’

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb), ‘as long as/until’

• शिव-पुराणम्: the Śiva Purāṇa
• शिव-पुराणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (genitive relation: ‘Śiva’s Purāṇa’); द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis/indeed

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• उदेष्यति: will arise/appear
• उदेष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + इष् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जगति: in the world
• जगति: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• अहो: alas!/oh!
• अहो: Sambodhana/udgara (उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्गार (interjection/particle of exclamation)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: The ‘rising’ of Śiva Purāṇa is portrayed as a world-remedy; pilgrimage and public kathā in Śiva temples are implied as communal antidotes to adharma.

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Kali-yuga moral proliferation (pāpa-vijṛmbhaṇa) until the advent/proclamation of Śiva-kathā

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares that collective sin and spiritual decline persist until the Śiva Purāṇa is revealed and heard; the text is presented as a grace-bearing means that awakens Śiva-bhakti and initiates the cleansing of pāpa, even the heaviest forms.

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

In the Vidyeśvarasaṃhitā, the Śiva Purāṇa functions as a doorway into Saguna Śiva-upāsanā—especially devotion to the Liṅga—by restoring right understanding and inspiring practices that turn the mind from pāpa toward Śiva as Pati (the liberating Lord).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied practice is Śiva Purāṇa-śravaṇa/pāṭha (hearing/recitation) as a purifying sādhana, ideally supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and simple Liṅga-pūjā to stabilize devotion.