Shloka 45

देवसान्त्वनम् (Devasāntvana) — “Consolation/Reassurance of the Gods”

Devanagari script

गच्छत स्वगृहं सर्वे भव भजत नित्यशः । तत्कृपातोऽखिलं दुःखं विनश्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

gacchata svagṛhaṃ sarve bhava bhajata nityaśaḥ | tatkṛpāto'khilaṃ duḥkhaṃ vinaśyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Wahai sekalian, pulanglah ke rumah masing-masing. Sembahlah Bhava (Dewa Śiva) setiap hari. Dengan rahmat-Nya, segala dukacita akan lenyap—tiada syak lagi.

Word by Word

• गच्छत: go
• गच्छत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• स्वगृहम्: to (your) own house
• स्वगृहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (singular)

• सर्वे: all (of you)
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन (plural)

• भव: O Bhava (Śiva)
• भव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (singular)

• भजत: worship
• भजत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• नित्यशः: always, continually
• नित्यशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यशस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तत्-कृपातः: from his grace
• तत्-कृपातः: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन (singular)

• अखिलम्: entire, all
• अखिलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective) to दुःखम्

• दुःखम्: sorrow, suffering
• दुःखम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (singular)

• विनश्यति: perishes, is destroyed
• विनश्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); उपसर्ग: वि-

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), निषेध (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (as Bhava), instructing devotees/attendants within the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa narrative

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: Kāśī Viśvanātha is paradigmatic for the doctrine that Śiva’s grace destroys sorrow and grants liberation; the verse’s assurance ‘by His grace all sorrow perishes’ matches Kāśī’s Purāṇic identity as the kṣetra of immediate anugraha.

Significance: Seen as a grace-saturated field where daily worship (nitya-bhajana) and remembrance of Bhava culminate in fearlessness and release from duḥkha.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that persistent, daily devotion to Bhava (Śiva) invokes divine grace (anugraha), which dissolves duḥkha at its root—bondage and karmic affliction—leading the devotee toward peace and liberation.

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

“Bhava bhajata nityaśaḥ” supports regular Saguna worship—commonly through Śiva-liṅga pūjā—where devotion, offering, and remembrance become the channel for Śiva’s grace to remove suffering and purify the heart.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily Śiva-upāsanā: simple liṅga worship with water/bilva, japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and steady remembrance of Śiva as Bhava, trusting that His grace destroys sorrow.