Shloka 9

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

चक्रभ्रमनिवृत्यर्थं चक्रकर्तारमीडयेत् । प्रकृत्यादि महाचक्रं प्रकृतेः परतः शिवः

Transliteration

cakrabhramanivṛtyarthaṃ cakrakartāramīḍayet | prakṛtyādi mahācakraṃ prakṛteḥ parataḥ śivaḥ

Translation

చక్రభ్రమణ నివృత్తికై చక్రకర్తను ఆరాధించవలెను. ఈ మహాచక్రము ప్రకృతితో ప్రారంభమగును; కాని శివుడు ప్రకృతికి పరముగా ఉన్నాడు।

Word by Word

• चक्रभ्रमनिवृत्यर्थम्: for the cessation of the wheel’s rotation
• चक्रभ्रमनिवृत्यर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र-भ्रम-निवृत्ति-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/उद्देश्य), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (चक्रस्य भ्रमः, तस्य निवृत्तिः, तस्य अर्थः)

• चक्रकर्तारम्: the maker of the wheel
• चक्रकर्तारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र-कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चक्रस्य कर्ता)

• ईडयेत्: should praise
• ईडयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईड् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आदेशार्थे ‘one should praise’ (अध्याहृतः कर्ता—जनः)

• प्रकृत्यादि: beginning with Prakṛti
• प्रकृत्यादि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकृति-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् विशेषणम् ‘mahācakram’; अर्थः—‘beginning with Prakṛti’

• महाचक्रम्: the great wheel
• महाचक्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महच्चक्रम्)

• प्रकृतेः: of Prakṛti
• प्रकृतेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• परतः: beyond
• परतः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणार्थ/स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/postposition), ‘beyond/other than’

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: As Viśveśvara/Viśvanātha, Śiva is praised as the Lord beyond prakṛti who grants nivṛtti in Kāśī; remembrance/worship of the ‘cakra-kartā’ aligns with Kāśī’s mokṣa-kṣetra identity where Śiva bestows liberation.

Significance: Darśana and worship of Viśvanātha is traditionally held to cut the wheel of saṃsāra and confer mokṣa through Śiva’s grace (anugraha).

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Prakriti

FAQs

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

It teaches that samsara is a “wheel” rooted in Prakriti and its evolutes, and that liberation (nivṛtti) comes by turning to Shiva, the transcendent Lord (Pati) who is beyond Prakriti and thus capable of granting release.

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

Though Shiva is beyond Prakriti (nirguṇa/transcendent), devotees approach Him through worshipful praise and concrete forms such as the Shiva-Linga—using saguna-upāsanā as a doorway to realize the Supreme who is beyond all material causality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse points to īḍana/upāsanā—steady worship and praise of Shiva—practically expressed through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Linga-pūjā, and meditation on Shiva as the Lord beyond Prakriti who still governs the cosmic cycle.