Shloka 12

Devanagari script

आवयोस्तापनाशाय महोपायस्त्वयेरितः । मृत्युंजयाख्यदेवस्य समाराधनलक्षणः

Transliteration

āvayostāpanāśāya mahopāyastvayeritaḥ | mṛtyuṃjayākhyadevasya samārādhanalakṣaṇaḥ

Translation

เพื่อดับความทุกข์ร้อนของเราทั้งสอง ท่านได้ชี้หนทางอันยิ่งใหญ่—คือแบบแผนและวัตรแห่งการบูชาพระผู้เป็นเจ้า ‘มฤตยูญชัย’ ให้สำเร็จสมบูรณ์.

Word by Word

• āvayoḥ: of us two
• āvayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor or reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/सप्तमी द्विवचन; ‘आवयोः’ (of us two / for us two)

• tāpa-nāśāya: for the destruction of suffering
• tāpa-nāśāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/purpose-beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘तापस्य नाशः’ → ‘तापनाश’ (removal of suffering)

• mahā-upāyaḥ: a great means
• mahā-upāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘महान् उपायः’ (a great means)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (कर्ता/agent, instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया एकवचन (by you)

• īritaḥ: propounded
• īritaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/predicate agreeing with mahopāyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √īr (धातु) + kta (प्रत्यय) → īrita (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘उक्तः/प्रेरितः’ (declared/propounded)

• mṛtyuṃjaya-ākhya-devasya: of the deity called Mṛtyuṃjaya
• mṛtyuṃjaya-ākhya-devasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyuṃjaya (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘मृत्युंजय-आख्यः देवः’ तस्य (of the deity named Mṛtyuṃjaya)

• sam-ārādhana-lakṣaṇaḥ: characterized by propitiation
• sam-ārādhana-lakṣaṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of mahopāyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ārādhana (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘समाराधनस्य लक्षणः’ (having the character of worship/propitiation)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the dialogue within Śatarudrasaṃhitā; the line is spoken by a devotee addressing a revered instructor/authority in-context).

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Vaidyanatha

Sthala Purana: Mṛtyuñjaya/vaidya-bhāva (Śiva as the healer-conqueror of death) is thematically aligned with Vaidyanātha; the verse itself teaches the upāya of propitiating Mṛtyuñjaya to remove tāpa (affliction).

Significance: Ārogya (healing), mṛtyu-bhaya-śānti (pacification of fear of death), and pāśa-kṣaya through Śiva’s anugraha.

Mantra Metadata

Type: mahamrityunjaya

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Mṛtyuñjaya

FAQs

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

It presents Mṛtyuñjaya Shiva as the supreme refuge for overcoming inner and outer suffering—showing that affliction is best dissolved through disciplined devotion (samārādhana) to Shiva, who grants both protection and the higher freedom of liberation.

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

Mṛtyuñjaya is a Saguna (personal) form of Shiva approached through concrete worship—often centered on the Shiva-linga—where ritual devotion and mantra-based propitiation become the means to receive Shiva’s grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse points to samārādhana of Mṛtyuñjaya—practically expressed through Mṛtyuñjaya mantra japa, linga-abhisheka with purity and devotion, and steady meditation on Shiva as the conqueror of death and fear.