Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 71

पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati

Devanagari script

तदा शिवमविज्ञाय दुःखस्यांतो भविष्यति । तपःप्रभावाद्देवस्य प्रसादाच्च महर्षयः

Transliteration

tadā śivamavijñāya duḥkhasyāṃto bhaviṣyati | tapaḥprabhāvāddevasya prasādācca maharṣayaḥ

Translation

Alors, même sans connaître véritablement Śiva, il y aura assurément une fin à la souffrance—ô grands ṛṣi—par la puissance de l’ascèse et par la grâce du Seigneur.

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• śivam: Śiva
• śivam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• avijñāya: not knowing / without recognizing
• avijñāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: a-vi-jñā (धातु) + ल्यप् (Ktvā/absolutive)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• duḥkhasya: of sorrow
• duḥkhasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• antaḥ: end
• antaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be / will happen
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tapaḥ-prabhāvāt: from/through the power of austerity
• tapaḥ-prabhāvāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tapaḥ = tapasyaḥ ‘of austerity’ implied) समास; पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थ (ablative of cause/source)

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• prasādāt: from grace
• prasādāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे (cause)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• maharṣayaḥ: great sages
• maharṣayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that duḥkha ends not merely by intellectual understanding, but by Śiva’s anugraha (grace), which is drawn forth through tapas; in Shaiva Siddhanta, liberation is ultimately perfected by the Lord’s gracious bestowal.

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

It points to approaching Śiva as the gracious Lord (Saguna for worship), where disciplined practice and devotion culminate in prasāda; Linga-worship is a primary means to seek that grace even when one has not yet realized Śiva’s highest nature.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Undertake tapas such as steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), simple vrata on Mahāśivarātri, and daily Śiva-pūjā (including bhasma/Tripuṇḍra where appropriate) with the intent of receiving Śiva’s prasāda.