Shloka 49

पापभेदवर्णनम्

Classification of Sins / Taxonomy of Pāpa

Devanagari script

और्ण्णकार्पासकौशेयपट्टसूत्रोद्भवानि च । स्थूलसूक्ष्माणि वस्त्राणि ये लोभाद्धि हरंति च

Transliteration

aurṇṇakārpāsakauśeyapaṭṭasūtrodbhavāni ca | sthūlasūkṣmāṇi vastrāṇi ye lobhāddhi haraṃti ca

Translation

ಲೋಭದಿಂದ ಉಣ್ಣೆ, ಹತ್ತಿ, ರೇಷ್ಮೆ, ಪಟ್ಟೆ ಅಥವಾ ನೂಲಿನಿಂದ ಮಾಡಿದ—ದಪ್ಪವಾಗಲಿ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವಾಗಲಿ—ವಸ್ತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಕದ್ದವರು ನಿಂದನೀಯ ಪಾಪಕರ್ಮ ಮಾಡಿ ಕರ್ಮಬಂಧನಕ್ಕೆ ಒಳಗಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Word by Word

• और्ण्ण: woollen
• और्ण्ण: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; ऊर्णामय (woollen)

• कार्पास: cotton
• कार्पास: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्पास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; कार्पासमय (cotton)

• कौशेय: silk
• कौशेय: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौशेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; कोशसम्भव (silken)

• पट्ट: fine cloth (paṭṭa)
• पट्ट: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पट्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; पट्टवस्त्रविशेष (fine cloth)

• सूत्र: thread
• सूत्र: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; तन्तु/धागा (thread)

• उद्भवानि: made/produced from (those materials)
• उद्भवानि: Karma (कर्म/Object; of ‘steal’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्भव (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; उद्-√भू (धातु) + ल्युट्/घञ्-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः: और्ण्ण-कार्पास-कौशेय-पट्ट-सूत्र-उद्भव (तदुत्पन्न)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• स्थूल: coarse
• स्थूल: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (coarse/thick)

• सूक्ष्माणि: fine (and coarse)
• सूक्ष्माणि: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of वस्त्राणि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः: स्थूल-सूक्ष्म (coarse and fine)

• वस्त्राणि: clothes/garments
• वस्त्राणि: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• लोभात्: out of greed
• लोभात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

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

• हरन्ति: steal/take away
• हरन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana’s ethical teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights lobha (greed) as a pasha (bond) that drives adharma like theft; such acts thicken karmic impurity and obstruct the soul’s turning toward Shiva, the Pati who alone grants release.

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

Linga-worship in the Shiva Purana is grounded in inner and outer purity—truthfulness, non-stealing, and restraint. Stealing out of greed contradicts the devotional discipline (bhakti with dharma) required to approach Saguna Shiva with a purified heart.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice non-stealing (asteya) as a vrata, confess and renounce greed, and support it with daily Panchakshara japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and simple Shiva worship (water/abhisheka) as acts of purification and reorientation toward dharma.