Shloka 76

रावणस्य तपः-शिवानुग्रहः — Rāvaṇa’s Austerity and Śiva’s Bestowal of Grace

Devanagari script

इत्येतच्च समाख्यातं वैद्यनाथेश्वरस्य च । माहात्म्यं शृण्वतां पापं नृणां भवति भस्मसात्

Transliteration

ityetacca samākhyātaṃ vaidyanātheśvarasya ca | māhātmyaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ pāpaṃ nṛṇāṃ bhavati bhasmasāt

Translation

یوں ویدیہ ناتھیشور کی مہاتمیا بیان ہوئی؛ جو اسے عقیدت سے سنتے ہیں اُن انسانوں کے گناہ راکھ ہو جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थ-अव्यय (quotative/thus)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; of samākhyātam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom./1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• समाख्यातम्: has been narrated
• समाख्यातम्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom./1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव: 'has been narrated/told'

• वैद्यनाथेश्वरस्य: of Vaidyanātheśvara
• वैद्यनाथेश्वरस्य: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैद्यनाथ + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी): 'of Vaidyanātha-Īśvara'

• च: also/and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• माहात्म्यम्: the glory
• माहात्म्यम्: कर्म (Karma/Object; understood with samākhyātam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; (topic: 'the greatness')

• शृण्वताम्: of those who listen
• शृण्वताम्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/recipient group)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; 'of those who are listening'

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; of bhavati)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom./1st), एकवचन

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भस्मसात्: to ashes
• भस्मसात्: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/result)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भस्म + सात् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग: 'to ashes/into ash-state' (resultative)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Vaidyanātha

Sthala Purana: Vaidyanātheśvara-māhātmya is concluded: hearing (śravaṇa) of the Lord’s glory is said to burn sins to ashes—echoing Śiva as the supreme healer who cures the disease of saṃsāra and pāpa.

Significance: Śravaṇa of the māhātmya and darśana/abhisheka are credited with pāpa-kṣaya and spiritual purification; supports bhakti leading toward Śiva’s anugraha.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vaidyanatheshwara

FAQs

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

It teaches that śravaṇa (devout listening) to the Jyotirliṅga-māhātmya is itself a purifying sādhanā: by Shiva’s grace, accumulated pāpa is burned like fuel in fire, preparing the seeker for bhakti and liberation.

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

Vaidyanātheśvara is praised as a manifest (saguṇa) Jyotirliṅga; hearing His māhātmya strengthens faith and devotion toward the Liṅga, which in Shaiva Siddhanta becomes a doorway to realizing Shiva’s transcendent (nirguṇa) reality through grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regularly listen to or recite the Vaidyanātha Jyotirliṅga māhātmya with श्रद्धा (faith), ideally alongside Liṅga-pūjā, offering bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya.”