Shloka 10

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

चक्रकर्ता महेशो हि प्रकृतेः परतोयतः । पिबति वाथ वमति जीवन्बालो जलं यथा

Transliteration

cakrakartā maheśo hi prakṛteḥ paratoyataḥ | pibati vātha vamati jīvanbālo jalaṃ yathā

Translation

พระมหेशวรเท่านั้นทรงเป็นผู้ก่อกำเนิดวัฏจักรจักรวาล เพราะทรงอยู่เหนือปรกฤติ จากภาวะอันเหนือโลกนั้น พระองค์ทรงดูดกลืนจักรวาลแล้วทรงปล่อยออกมาอีกครั้ง ดุจทารกที่ยังมีชีวิตดื่มน้ำแล้วคายออก

Word by Word

• चक्रकर्ता: the maker of the wheel
• चक्रकर्ता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र-कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चक्रस्य कर्ता)

• महेशः: Maheśa (Great Lord)
• महेशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• 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), ‘beyond’

• यतः: from whom
• यतः: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादानार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb), ‘from whom/wherefrom’

• पिबति: drinks
• पिबति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (disjunctive particle)

• अथ: then/and
• अथ: Sambandha (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (conjunctive/sequence particle)

• वमति: vomits/expels
• वमति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• जीवन्: living
• जीवन्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘बालः’

• बालः: a child
• बालः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• यथा: as/just like
• यथा: Upamāna-marker (उपमान-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (upamā/comparative particle)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s transcendent nature to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Mahesha)

FAQs

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

It declares Shiva (Mahesha) as Pati—the Supreme Lord who is beyond Prakriti—showing that the entire cycle of manifestation and withdrawal occurs under His sovereignty, and that liberation is found by taking refuge in the Transcendent rather than in changing nature.

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

The Linga signifies the formless-transcendent (Nirguna) reality of Shiva that nevertheless becomes the support of all forms (Saguna). Worship of the Linga trains the mind to see the universe as emerging from Shiva and returning to Shiva, without mistaking Prakriti as ultimate.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as beyond Prakriti while repeating the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering water to the Linga as a symbolic act of surrender—recognizing that all worlds are absorbed and emitted by Him alone.