Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 39

स्कन्दसरः (Skandasara) — तीर्थवर्णनम् / Description of the Skandasara Sacred Lake

Devanagari script

तेभ्यः सुखं धर्ममुखं त्रिवर्गं निर्वाणमंते नियतं ददाति । परस्परस्योपकृतं भवद्भिर्मया च पौराणिकमार्गयोगात्

Transliteration

tebhyaḥ sukhaṃ dharmamukhaṃ trivargaṃ nirvāṇamaṃte niyataṃ dadāti | parasparasyopakṛtaṃ bhavadbhirmayā ca paurāṇikamārgayogāt

Translation

അത്തരം ഭക്തർക്കു അവൻ നിശ്ചയമായി സുഖവും, ധർമ്മം മുതലായ ത്രിവർഗ്ഗവും (ധർമ്മ-അർത്ഥ-കാമ) ഒടുവിൽ ഉറപ്പായ നിർവാണശാന്തിയും നൽകുന്നു. ഈ പുരാണമാർഗ്ഗ-യോഗം മൂലം നിങ്ങള്ക്കും എനിക്കും പരസ്പര ഉപകാരം സംഭവിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• tebhyaḥ: to them
• tebhyaḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (सुख प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• dharma-mukham: dharma-oriented (as the foremost)
• dharma-mukham: Karma (कर्म; appositional object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (धर्म प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (मुख प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘having dharma as its face/entrance’

• tri-vargam: the three aims (trivarga)
• tri-vargam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (त्रि संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + varga (वर्ग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular; द्विगु: ‘group of three’ (dharma-artha-kāma)

• nirvāṇam: liberation
• nirvāṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirvāṇa (निर्वाण प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Accusative, Singular

• ante: at the end
• ante: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (अन्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; adverbial locative ‘at the end’

• niyatam: certain, assured
• niyatam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niyata (नियत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Accusative, Singular; adjective qualifying nirvāṇam

• dadāti: gives
• dadāti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular

• parasparasya: of each other
• parasparasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paraspara (परस्पर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; ‘of one another’

• upakṛtam: help/benefit
• upakṛtam: Karma (कर्म; implied ‘benefit’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa+kṛ (उपकृ धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Napumsaka, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘help done/benefit’

• bhavadbhiḥ: by you (hon.)
• bhavadbhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता; agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (भवत् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; honorific 2nd-person pronoun

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता; agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• paurāṇika-mārga-yogāt: from association with the Purāṇic path
• paurāṇika-mārga-yogāt: Hetu (हेतु; cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurāṇika (पौराणिक प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (मार्ग प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (योग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; multi-member तत्पुरुष: ‘from the connection/union (yoga) with the Purāṇic path’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a site-legend; it summarizes the phala (fruits) of proper Śaiva reception: worldly well-being (trivarga) culminating in nirvāṇa.

Significance: Frames Purāṇic śravaṇa/pāṭha as a sādhana that yields both dharmic prosperity and final liberation when aligned with devotion and discipline.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shiva’s grace fulfills both worldly well-being (trivarga beginning with dharma) and the highest end—certain liberation—showing a graded path where righteous living and devotion mature into release.

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

The verse highlights Shiva as the compassionate bestower of fruits; in Shaiva practice this is approached through Saguna worship—especially Linga devotion—where disciplined reverence and right conduct culminate in inner quiescence and liberation by His grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to the “Purāṇic path and yoga”: steady devotional discipline such as japa of Shiva’s names (including the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), worship of the Linga, and living dharma as the foundation for final liberation.