Shloka 23

Devanagari script

एतच्छिवपुराणं यस्साधारणपदेच्छया । अन्यतः शृणुयात्सोऽपि मत्तो मुच्येत पातकात्

Transliteration

etacchivapurāṇaṃ yassādhāraṇapadecchayā | anyataḥ śṛṇuyātso'pi matto mucyeta pātakāt

Translation

ผู้ใดแม้ปรารถนาผลทั่วไป แล้วฟังศิวปุราณะนี้จากผู้อื่น ผู้นั้นก็ย่อมพ้นบาปได้โดยเรา คือพระศิวะ

Word by Word

• एतत्-शिवपुराणम्: this Shiva Purana
• एतत्-शिवपुराणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + शिवपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म/accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वनामपूर्वपद)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (कर्ता/nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• साधारण-पद-इच्छया: with the desire for an ordinary position/status
• साधारण-पद-इच्छया: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधारण (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक) + इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (करण/instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: साधारणं पदम्; तस्य इच्छा)

• अन्यतः: from elsewhere
• अन्यतः: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक/दिशावाचक क्रियाविशेषण (from elsewhere)

• शृणुयात्: should hear
• शृणुयात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (कर्ता/nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• मतः: from me
• मतः: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (अपादान/ablative), एकवचन; ‘मत्’ (= मत्तः) रूपम्

• मुच्येत: would be freed
• मुच्येत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive sense: be released)

• पातकात्: from sin
• पातकात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (अपादान/ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s teaching within the Vidyeshvara/Viśveśvara context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: The verse stresses śravaṇa from ‘another’ (anyataḥ)—a guru/reciter lineage—by which Śiva (mattaḥ) releases even worldly-motivated listeners from sin, resonating with Kāśī’s theme of Śiva as direct liberator of bound beings.

Significance: Encourages public kathā/pravacana culture: even incidental hearing becomes purificatory; emphasizes Śiva’s accessibility to ordinary aspirants.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares the purifying power of śravaṇa (devout listening) to Śiva-kathā: even if one begins with worldly motives, contact with the Śiva Purāṇa draws Śiva’s grace and removes pāpa (sin), turning the listener toward liberation.

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

Hearing the Śiva Purāṇa is presented as direct engagement with Saguna Śiva’s compassionate, accessible grace—like Linga worship—where devotion can begin in a simple, “ordinary” way yet still becomes a channel for purification and upliftment.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular śravaṇa of the Śiva Purāṇa from a competent speaker (kathā/pravacana) is recommended; as a practical takeaway, pair listening with simple Śiva-bhakti such as mental japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”).