Shloka 72

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

हृदयं चाग्निसारेण त्वपां सारेण वैकटिम् । जानु चावनिसारेण तद्वत्सर्वं तदंगकम्

Transliteration

hṛdayaṃ cāgnisāreṇa tvapāṃ sāreṇa vaikaṭim | jānu cāvanisāreṇa tadvatsarvaṃ tadaṃgakam

Translation

Hati-Nya tersusun dari sari unsur Api; kulit-Nya dari sari unsur Air; lutut-Nya dari sari unsur Bumi—demikian pula seluruh anggota-Nya terbentuk dari sari-sari unsur.

Word by Word

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अग्निसारेण: by the essence of fire
• अग्निसारेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि + सार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अग्नेः सारः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तु: indeed/and (emphatic)
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• अपाम्: of waters
• अपाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• सारेण: by (its) essence
• सारेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कटिम्: waist/hip
• कटिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जानु: knee
• जानु: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अवनिसारेण: by the essence of earth
• अवनिसारेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवनि + सार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अवनेः सारः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तद्वत्: likewise
• तद्वत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (अव्यय/तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial: ‘in that manner/likewise’)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular (demonstrative)

• अङ्गकम्: limb/body-part
• अङ्गकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Cosmic embodiment: pañcabhūta-sāratva (the Lord’s limbs described as essences of elements)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that the Lord’s manifested (saguṇa) form pervades and transcends the five elements; contemplating this dissolves the sense of separateness and turns the devotee toward Shiva as the inner ruler (Pati) of all tattvas.

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

In Linga worship, the devotee honors Shiva as the ground of all elements; this verse supports seeing every elemental function—heat, fluidity, solidity—as Shiva’s presence, making external ritual and inner contemplation one.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva pervading the elements within one’s own body while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering water and sacred ash (Tripuṇḍra/Bhasma) with the insight that the elements return to their Lord.