Shloka 31

शिवमायाप्रभाववर्णनम्

Description of the Power/Effects of Śiva’s Māyā

Devanagari script

विभांडको मुनिर्नारीं दृष्ट्वा कामवशं गतः । ऋष्यशृङ्गः सुतस्तस्य मृग्यां जातश्शिवाज्ञया

Transliteration

vibhāṃḍako munirnārīṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmavaśaṃ gataḥ | ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ sutastasya mṛgyāṃ jātaśśivājñayā

Translation

ವಿಭಾಂಡಕ ಮುನಿಯು ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ಕಾಮವಶನಾದನು; ಶಿವಾಜ್ಞೆಯಿಂದ ಅವನ ಪುತ್ರ ಋಷ್ಯಶೃಂಗನು ಮೃಗಿಯಿಂದ ಜನಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• विभांडकः: Vibhāṇḍaka
• विभांडकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभांडक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (to Vibhāṇḍaka)

• नारीम्: a woman
• नारीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having seen’

• कामवशम्: under desire’s sway
• कामवशम्: Gati-karma (गति/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम-वश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: कामस्य वशः (under the control of desire)

• गतः: went/entered
• गतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘went/entered’

• ऋष्यशृङ्गः: Ṛśyaśṛṅga
• ऋष्यशृङ्गः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्य-शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: ऋष्यस्य शृङ्गम् इव (name; ‘deer-horned’)

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that (sage)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• मृग्याम्: in a doe (female deer)
• मृग्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in/through a doe’ (birth-context)

• जातः: was born
• जातः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘born’

• शिवाज्ञया: by Shiva’s command
• शिवाज्ञया: Karana/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः: शिवस्य आज्ञा (by Shiva’s command)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vibhandaka
• Rishyasringa

FAQs

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

It highlights that even ascetics can be bound by kāma (pāśa), while Śiva as Pati remains the ultimate ordainer (ājñā) who turns worldly events into instruments of dharma and spiritual unfolding.

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

By stating “śivājñayā,” the verse emphasizes Saguna Śiva’s governance of the cosmos; Linga-worship in the Shiva Purana centers on surrender to this divine lordship and aligning one’s life with Śiva’s ordinance.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is sense-restraint supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and a Śiva-centric discipline (śauca, vrata), seeking Śiva’s grace to loosen the bonds of desire.