Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 50

Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana

The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva

Devanagari script

करणं कारणं कर्ता सर्वबंधविमोचनः । व्यवसायो व्यवस्थानः स्थानदो जगदादिजः

Transliteration

karaṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ kartā sarvabaṃdhavimocanaḥ | vyavasāyo vyavasthānaḥ sthānado jagadādijaḥ

Translation

彼は器であり原因であり、まさしく行為者である。あらゆる束縛から解き放つ解脱者。彼は正しき精進であり、定められた秩序である。正当なる位を授け、世界がそこから生起する原初の根源である。

Word by Word

• करणम्: instrument; means
• करणम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कारणम्: cause
• कारणम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्ता: doer; creator
• कर्ता: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-शब्द (agent noun)

• सर्वबन्धविमोचनः: liberator from all bonds
• सर्वबन्धविमोचनः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + बन्ध + विमोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां बन्धानां विमोचनः)

• व्यवसायः: resolve; effort
• व्यवसायः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवसाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• व्यवस्थानः: establishment; order
• व्यवस्थानः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थानदः: giver of place/abode
• स्थानदः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान + द (धातु) → द (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (स्थानं ददाति इति)

• जगदादिजः: born as the origin of the world; world-origin-born
• जगदादिजः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + आदि + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जगतः आदिः यस्य/जगत्-आदि; तस्मात् जातः/जः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a localized shrine account; it is a doctrinal condensation: Śiva as karaṇa/kāraṇa/kartā and as the remover of all bonds—mapping directly onto Pati’s sovereignty over paśu and pāśa.

Significance: Establishes the highest ‘pilgrimage fruit’ as freedom from bondage (pāśa-kṣaya) granted by Śiva’s grace, beyond merely ritual merit.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Implicit cosmogony: jagad-ādi (world-origin) and governance (vyavasthāna) of cosmic order.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse presents Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord who is both the inner enabling power (instrument), the ultimate cause, and the conscious agent; realizing Him as the remover of pasha (bondage) is the Shaiva Siddhanta basis for moksha through His grace.

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

Linga worship trains the mind to perceive Shiva as the ground of all functions—cause, action, and cosmic order—so devotion to Saguna Shiva leads the devotee toward the truth of Shiva as the transcendent source (jagad-ādi) who frees all bonds.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate during japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) on Shiva as the remover of all bondage (sarvabandhavimocanaḥ), offering one’s actions and outcomes to Him; this aligns effort (vyavasāya) with divine order (vyavasthāna).