Shloka 82

Vyāsotpatti-kathana

Account of the Birth/Origin of Vyāsa

Devanagari script

अमुमेव समाराध्य विष्णुर्मोक्षप्रदोऽभवत् । ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च स्रष्टृपालकहारकाः

Transliteration

amumeva samārādhya viṣṇurmokṣaprado'bhavat | brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca sraṣṭṛpālakahārakāḥ

Translation

त्याच्याच एकनिष्ठ आराधनेने विष्णू मोक्षप्रदाता झाले. ब्रह्मा, विष्णू आणि रुद्र—हे अनुक्रमे स्रष्टा, पालक आणि संहारक आहेत.

Word by Word

• अमुम्: that one (him)
• अमुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• समाराध्य: having properly worshipped
• समाराध्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund): ‘having duly worshipped’

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मोक्षप्रदः: giver of liberation
• मोक्षप्रदः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; मोक्ष + प्रद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘मोक्षं प्रददाति’ = giver of liberation; विष्णोः विधेय-विशेषण

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्रष्टृपालकहारकाः: (as) creators, protectors, and destroyers
• स्रष्टृपालकहारकाः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रष्टृ-पालक-हारक (प्रातिपदिक; स्रष्टृ + पालक + हारक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः: ‘creator, protector, destroyer’ (as a collective predicate for Brahmā-Viṣṇu-Rudra)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; it asserts Śiva’s supremacy as the one worshipped even by Viṣṇu, and frames the trimūrti functional roles (creation-preservation-dissolution).

Significance: Doctrinal: establishes Śiva as mokṣa-prada through anugraha; encourages exclusive or primary Śiva-upāsanā for liberation.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu
• Brahma
• Rudra

FAQs

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

It teaches Śiva’s supremacy as Pati (the Lord) from whom even Viṣṇu gains the capacity to grant mokṣa; liberation ultimately rests on Śiva’s grace, while cosmic functions operate through the Trimūrti.

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

By stating that worship of “Him alone” leads to mokṣa-bestowing power, the verse supports Saguna Śiva-upāsanā—classically expressed through Liṅga worship—as a direct means to receive Śiva’s anugraha (grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Single-pointed Śiva-bhakti: daily Liṅga-pūjā with pañcākṣarī japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offered with devotion as the core practice for Śiva’s liberating grace.