Shloka 63

देवस्तुतिः—नन्दिकेश्वरविज्ञप्तिः—शम्भोः समाधेः उत्थानम्

Devas’ Hymn, Nandikeśvara’s Petition, and Śiva’s Rising from Samādhi

Devanagari script

वर्द्धंते विषयाश्शश्वन्महाबंधनकारिणः । विषयाक्रांतमनसस्स्वप्ने मोक्षोऽपि दुर्लभः

Transliteration

varddhaṃte viṣayāśśaśvanmahābaṃdhanakāriṇaḥ | viṣayākrāṃtamanasassvapne mokṣo'pi durlabhaḥ

Translation

विषयाः शश्वद्वर्धन्ते महाबन्धनकारिणः। विषयाक्रान्तमनसः स्वप्नेऽपि मोक्षो दुर्लभः।

Word by Word

• वर्धन्ते: increase/grow
• वर्धन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विषयाः: sense-objects
• विषयाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शश्वत्: always
• शश्वत्: Desha-kala (देश-काल/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शश्वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• महा-बन्धन-कारिणः: causing great bondage
• महा-बन्धन-कारिणः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: 'makers/causers of great bondage'

• विषय-आक्रान्त-मनसः: of one whose mind is overrun by sense-objects
• विषय-आक्रान्त-मनसः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक) + आक्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक; from आ+क्रम्, क्त) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: 'of one whose mind is overpowered by sense-objects'

• स्वप्ने: in dream (even)
• स्वप्ने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• दुर्लभः: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating Shiva’s teachings within the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

FAQs

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

It teaches that viṣayas (sense-enjoyments) strengthen pāśa (bondage) and keep the soul’s awareness turned outward; when the mind is dominated by them, mokṣa becomes rare because inner stillness and Shiva-oriented discernment cannot arise.

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

Linga/Saguna Shiva worship gathers the scattered mind into one-pointed devotion; by replacing craving with śraddhā and bhakti, the grip of viṣayas loosens, making the mind fit for Shiva’s grace and for insight into the Pati beyond worldly objects.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with daily Linga-abhiṣeka, and support it with bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as reminders of vairāgya—reducing sensory indulgence so the mind can settle in dhyāna.