Shloka 23

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

तत्सायुज्यमिति प्राहुर्वेदागमपरायणाः । एवं क्रमेण मुक्तिः स्याल्लिंगादौ पूजया स्वतः

Transliteration

tatsāyujyamiti prāhurvedāgamaparāyaṇāḥ | evaṃ krameṇa muktiḥ syālliṃgādau pūjayā svataḥ

Translation

ผู้ยึดมั่นในพระเวทและอาคมกล่าวว่าสภาวะนั้นคือ ‘สายุชยะ’—ความเป็นหนึ่งกับพระศิวะ ดังนี้โดยลำดับ โมกษะย่อมบังเกิดขึ้นเองด้วยการบูชาศิวลึงค์และสิ่งอันเกี่ยวเนื่อง

Word by Word

• तत्-सायुज्यम्: that union (with Śiva)
• तत्-सायुज्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + सायुज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (that-union); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/निदर्शन-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• प्राहुः: they have said/call
• प्राहुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• वेद-आगम-परायणाः: those devoted to the Vedas and Āgamas
• वेद-आगम-परायणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + आगम (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (devoted to Veda and Āgama); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• क्रमेण: gradually/in order
• क्रमेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारे (by sequence/gradually)

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्यात्: may be/comes to be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• लिङ्ग-आदौ: in/with the liṅga etc.
• लिङ्ग-आदौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (beginning with the liṅga); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• पूजया: by worship
• पूजया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• स्वतः: of itself/automatically
• स्वतः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (indeclinable: of itself/by oneself)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Frames liṅga-pūjā as a graded (krameṇa) path culminating in sāyujya; supports the pan-Indian liṅga-kṣetra ethos where worship leads to liberation.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vedas
• Agamas
• Linga

FAQs

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

It affirms that sāyujya—intimate union with Lord Śiva—is the culmination taught by Vedic–Āgamic authorities, and that liberation unfolds progressively through disciplined Śaiva worship rather than as a random event.

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

The verse explicitly states that worship ‘beginning with the Liṅga’ is an effective means: through saguna upāsanā (devotional, form-based worship) the devotee is led step-by-step toward the highest realization of Śiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular Liṅga-pūjā in accordance with Śaiva Āgamas—supported by mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—is implied as the steady practice through which liberation matures in due order.