Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 7
अन्तराय-उपसर्ग-विवेचनम् / Analysis of Yogic Obstacles (Antarāyas) and Upasargas
आधिभौतिकमंगोत्थं यच्च दुःखं पुरा कृतैः । आधिदैविकमाख्यातमशन्यस्त्रविषादिकम्
ādhibhautikamaṃgotthaṃ yacca duḥkhaṃ purā kṛtaiḥ | ādhidaivikamākhyātamaśanyastraviṣādikam
जो दुःख शरीर और भौतिक कारणों से उत्पन्न होता है—और जो पूर्वकृत कर्मों के फल से आता है—वह ‘आधिभौतिक’ कहलाता है। और जो बिजली, शस्त्र, विष आदि दैवी-वैश्विक कारणों से होने वाला क्लेश है, वह ‘आधिदैविक’ कहा गया है।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It classifies worldly pain into bondage-types—suffering from embodied/material conditions and suffering from cosmic/divine forces—pointing the seeker toward Shiva as Pati, the liberator beyond these karmic afflictions.
By identifying the sources of misery as karma-bound conditions, it frames Linga-worship and devotion to Saguna Shiva as a remedial path: surrender, purification, and grace that loosen pasha (bondage) and steady the mind amid adversity.
A practical takeaway is to counter suffering with Shaiva sādhanā—regular japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and contemplative remembrance of Shiva—cultivating equanimity and seeking Shiva’s grace beyond karmic causes.