Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 86

दशशैवव्रतप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the Ten Principal Śaiva Vratas

Devanagari script

व्रतस्य करणान्नूनं शिवोऽहं सर्वदुःखहा । दद्मि भुक्तिं च मुक्तिं च सर्वं वै वाञ्छितं फलम्

Transliteration

vratasya karaṇānnūnaṃ śivo'haṃ sarvaduḥkhahā | dadmi bhuktiṃ ca muktiṃ ca sarvaṃ vai vāñchitaṃ phalam

Translation

この誓戒を行ずることにより、我—一切の苦を滅するシヴァ—は、必ずやブクティ（世の享受）とムクティ（解脱）とを授け、さらに望むあらゆる果報を与える。

Word by Word

• vratasya: of the vow
• vratasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• karaṇāt: from the performance
• karaṇāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/adverb (निश्चयार्थक अव्यय)

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarva-duḥkha-hā: destroyer of all sorrow
• sarva-duḥkha-hā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + han (हन् धातु, कृत्: हा)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa 'destroyer of all sorrows' (सर्वेषां दुःखानां हन्ता)

• dadmi: I give
• dadmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• bhuktim: enjoyment/worldly prosperity
• bhuktim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (खलु/एव-अर्थक अव्यय)

• vāñchitam: desired
• vāñchitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāñchita (प्रातिपदिक; √vāñch (वाञ्छ् धातु) + क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle used adjectivally (क्त), Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Affirms Śiva as the direct bestower of both bhukti (abhyudaya) and mukti (niḥśreyasa) through vrata; supports the Śaiva Siddhānta emphasis on anugraha as the decisive cause of liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva as the compassionate Pati who removes suffering and grants both dharmic prosperity (bhukti) and final release (mukti) to devotees who faithfully complete the prescribed vow.

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

In the Kotirudrasaṃhitā’s Jyotirliṅga context, Shiva speaks as Saguna—personally accessible through liṅga-worship and vrata—assuring tangible fruits and ultimately moksha through devoted observance.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The key instruction is vrata-anuṣṭhāna (observing the vow) with steady Shiva-bhakti—typically supported by liṅga-pūjā and japa of Shiva’s names/mantras as part of the vow’s discipline.