Shloka 26

Bhāratavarṣa–Navabheda-Vyavasthā

The Nine Divisions of Bhāratavarṣa and Its Sacred Geography

Devanagari script

नाधयो व्याधयो वापि जनानां तत्र कुत्रचित् । दश वर्षसहस्राणि तत्र जीवंति मानवाः

Transliteration

nādhayo vyādhayo vāpi janānāṃ tatra kutracit | daśa varṣasahasrāṇi tatra jīvaṃti mānavāḥ

Translation

ત્યાં લોકોમાં ક્યાંય પણ ન તો આધિ છે ન વ્યાધિ. તે સ્થાને માનવો દસ હજાર વર્ષ સુધી જીવંત રહે છે.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• आधयः: mental afflictions
• आधयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• व्याधयः: diseases
• व्याधयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थ (or)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (even/also)

• जनानाम्: of people
• जनानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere (at all)
• कुत्रचित्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चित-स्थानवाचक (anywhere/at any place)

• दश: ten
• दश: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (numeral used adjectivally)

• वर्षसहस्राणि: thousands of years
• वर्षसहस्राणि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण; duration as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• जीवन्ति: live
• जीवन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानवाः: humans
• मानवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana account to the sages at Naimisharanya, within the Uma Samhita’s discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It portrays Shiva’s anugraha (grace) as a state where both inner affliction (ādhi) and bodily disease (vyādhi) cease—symbolizing the Shaiva Siddhanta ideal of release from pasha (bondage) and the suffering that arises from it.

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

The Linga signifies Shiva as Pati (the Lord) who removes bondage and grants well-being; devotion to Saguna Shiva is presented as a concrete path by which devotees attain protection, harmony, and an elevated mode of existence described as free from disease and sorrow.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is steady Shiva-upasana—daily Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with purity of conduct; where traditional practice applies, Tripundra (bhasma) and Rudraksha are used as aids for discipline and remembrance of Shiva.