Shloka 149

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणाऽविनाश्यं हि पातकं नास्ति भूतले । तस्मात्प्रदक्षिणेनैव सर्वपापं विनाशयेत्

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇā'vināśyaṃ hi pātakaṃ nāsti bhūtale | tasmātpradakṣiṇenaiva sarvapāpaṃ vināśayet

Translation

ఈ భూమిపై ప్రదక్షిణతో నశించని పాపం ఏదీ లేదు. కనుక ప్రదక్షిణ మాత్రమేగానీ సమస్త పాపాలను నశింపజేయాలి.

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणा: circumambulation (pradakṣiṇā)
• प्रदक्षिणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृपद-भावे (as subject/topic)

• अविनाश्यम्: indestructible / not to be destroyed
• अविनाश्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविनाश्य (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विषय (topic)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अस्ति: exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूतले: on the earth
• भूतले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (location)

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतु/अपादान (from that/therefore)

• प्रदक्षिणेन: by circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; करण (means)

• एव: only / indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphasis particle: only/indeed)

• सर्वपापम्: all sin
• सर्वपापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• विनाशयेत्: should destroy
• विनाशयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: In Kāśī and other Śiva-kṣetras, circumambulation of the liṅga and the sacred enclosure is treated as a potent purifier; the verse universalizes this as a sin-destroying act on earth.

Significance: Pradakṣiṇā is framed as pāpa-kṣaya leading to eligibility for higher sādhana and ultimately Śiva’s grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga

FAQs

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

It declares pradakṣiṇā as a powerful act of bhakti that purifies pāpa and reorients the devotee around Pati (Śiva), placing the ego and its karmic tendencies in submission to the Divine center.

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

Pradakṣiṇā is typically performed around the Śiva-liṅga as Saguna Śiva’s worship-form, expressing reverence through body and mind while acknowledging Śiva as the axis of the cosmos and of one’s inner life.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform clockwise pradakṣiṇā around the liṅga (or shrine), ideally with mantra-smaraṇa such as the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating humility, steadiness, and repentance while seeking purification.