Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 10

Śiva-jñāna and the Non-dual Vision of a Śiva-maya Universe (शिवज्ञानम्—सर्वं शिवमयम्)

Devanagari script

स्वस्याप्यंशस्य जीवांशो ह्यविद्यामोहितो वशः । अन्योऽहमिति जानाति तया मुक्तो भवेच्छिवः

Transliteration

svasyāpyaṃśasya jīvāṃśo hyavidyāmohito vaśaḥ | anyo'hamiti jānāti tayā mukto bhavecchivaḥ

Translation

たとえ具身の魂であっても、彼の分のうちの生ける分として、無明（アヴィディヤー）の迷妄に支配され、「我は他なり（別なり）」と知る。しかれども、その分別智によって解脱し、シヴァに到達する。

Word by Word

• svasya: of his own
• svasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka (pronominal), Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/षष्ठी) Ekavacana; ‘of oneself/of his’

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (also/even)

• aṃśasya: of the portion
• aṃśasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī Ekavacana

• jīva-aṃśaḥ: the soul-part (individual self)
• jīva-aṃśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; samāsa: jīvasya aṃśaḥ (a part as individual soul)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic particle

• avidyā-mohitaḥ: deluded by ignorance
• avidyā-mohitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + mohita (प्रातिपदिक; from √muh (धातु))
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; samāsa: avidyayā mohitaḥ (deluded by ignorance); kṛdanta: bhūtakṛdanta (क्त) from √muh (मुह्)

• vaśaḥ: subjugated, under sway
• vaśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; ‘under control/helpless’ used adjectivally

• anyaḥ: different, other
• anyaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana

• aham: I
• aham: Samānādhikaraṇa (Quoted subject/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (by convention), Prathamā Ekavacana; sarvanāma (1st person pronoun)

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotative particle (thus)

• jānāti: knows, thinks
• jānāti: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present/लट्), Prathama-puruṣa 3rd person, Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• tayā: by that (ignorance)
• tayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā Ekavacana; sarvanāma; refers to (that ignorance/that [delusion])

• muktaḥ: freed, liberated
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (प्रातिपदिक; from √muc (धातु))
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; kṛdanta: bhūtakṛdanta (क्त) from √muc (मुच्) ‘to release’

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Liṅ-lakāra (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama-puruṣa 3rd person, Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• śivaḥ: Śiva (the auspicious state)
• śivaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; predicate noun (becomes Śiva/auspicious, i.e., attains Śiva-state)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It explains bondage as the soul’s ignorance-born sense of separateness (“I am other”), and liberation as the dawn of right knowledge that culminates in attaining Śiva—freedom from pasha (bondage) under Pati (Śiva).

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

Linga/Saguna worship purifies the mind and weakens avidyā, preparing the devotee to overcome the ‘anyo’ham’ notion. Through devotion and grace, the seeker moves from form-based worship to the realization of Śiva as the ultimate reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with Linga-dhyāna, along with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as Shaiva disciplines, is implied as a practical means to dissolve ignorance and cultivate liberating insight.