Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 24

शिशुकस्य शिवशास्त्रप्राप्तिः (Śiśuka’s Attainment of Śaiva Teaching and Grace)

Devanagari script

भवप्रसादजं सर्वं नान्यद्देवप्रसादजम् । अन्यदेवेषु निरता दुःखार्ता विभ्रमन्ति च

Transliteration

bhavaprasādajaṃ sarvaṃ nānyaddevaprasādajam | anyadeveṣu niratā duḥkhārtā vibhramanti ca

Translation

สรรพสิ่งสำเร็จได้ด้วยพระกรุณาของภวะ (พระศิวะ) เท่านั้น มิใช่ด้วยพระกรุณาของเทพอื่น ผู้ที่หมกมุ่นในเทพอื่นย่อมถูกรุมเร้าด้วยทุกข์ และพเนจรอยู่ในความหลง

Word by Word

• भवप्रसादजम्: born of Bhava’s (Śiva’s) grace
• भवप्रसादजम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भव + प्रसाद + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भवस्य प्रसादात् जातम्)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देवप्रसादजम्: born of another god’s grace
• देवप्रसादजम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + प्रसाद + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवस्य प्रसादात् जातम्)

• अन्यदेवेषु: among other gods
• अन्यदेवेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थः (अन्ये देवाः)

• निरताः: engaged/attached
• निरताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• दुःखार्ताः: afflicted by sorrow
• दुःखार्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दुःखेन आर्ताः)

• विभ्रमन्ति: wander/roam
• विभ्रमन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s supremacy and the Shaiva conclusion to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: A doctrinal ‘māhātmya’ statement: all siddhi—mundane and transcendent—derives from Bhava’s grace; pilgrimage and worship are meaningful insofar as they orient to Śiva-prasāda.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It asserts the Shaiva Siddhanta conclusion that liberation and true fulfillment come by the anugraha (grace) of Pati—Lord Shiva; turning elsewhere keeps the bound soul (paśu) circling in pasha (bondage) and sorrow.

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

The Linga is the primary Saguna focus through which devotees seek Shiva’s prasada; the verse emphasizes that the decisive factor is Shiva’s grace received through steady Shiva-bhakti rather than scattered devotion to other deities.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Single-pointed Shiva-upasana—daily japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with Linga worship—seeking Bhava’s prasada to end delusion and suffering.