Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 54

सतीचरिते पितृगृहे आशीर्वाद-वचनम् तथा यौवनारम्भः — Satī at her father’s house: blessings and the onset of youth

Devanagari script

पशुपाशविमोक्षाय भक्तसन्मुक्तिदाय च । स्वप्रकाशाय नित्यायाऽव्ययायाजस्रसंविदे

Transliteration

paśupāśavimokṣāya bhaktasanmuktidāya ca | svaprakāśāya nityāyā'vyayāyājasrasaṃvide

Translation

اُس پروردگار کو نمسکار جو پشو (بندھا ہوا جیوا) کو پاش (بندھن) سے چھڑاتا ہے، جو بھکتوں کو سچی مکتی دیتا ہے؛ جو خود روشن، نِتیہ، اَویَی اور اَجَسر چِتَنیا ہی ہے۔

Word by Word

• paśu-pāśa-vimokṣāya: to the liberation from the bonds of beings
• paśu-pāśa-vimokṣāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paśu (प्रातिपदिक) + pāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vimokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• bhakta-sat-mukti-dāya: to the giver of true liberation to devotees
• bhakta-sat-mukti-dāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक) + sat (प्रातिपदिक) + mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + dā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; ‘द’ (giver) अर्थे विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• sva-prakāśāya: to the self-luminous one
• sva-prakāśāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + prakāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन

• nityāya: to the eternal one
• nityāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• avyayāya: to the imperishable one
• avyayāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; विशेषण (imperishable)

• ajasra-saṃvide: to unceasing consciousness
• ajasra-saṃvide: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajasra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃvid (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; saṃvid = ‘consciousness/awareness’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Explicitly articulates the Siddhānta core: Paśu (bound soul) is freed from Pāśa (bondage) by Pati’s grace; a doctrinal lens for all Śiva-kṣetra pilgrimages and liṅga-darśana.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: पशुपाशविमोक्षाय भक्तसन्मुक्तिदाय च । स्वप्रकाशाय नित्यायाऽव्ययायाजस्रसंविदे

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It identifies Shiva as Pati—the self-effulgent, eternal Consciousness—whose grace releases the individual soul (paśu) from bondage (pāśa) and grants complete liberation (sanmukti) to devotees through bhakti.

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

Linga worship is a Saguna support for approaching the Nirguna truth described here—Shiva as self-luminous, imperishable Consciousness. Devotional worship matures into grace-bestowed release from pāśa, culminating in liberation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is steady bhakti with japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and contemplative meditation on Shiva as ajasra-saṃvid (unceasing awareness), seeking His grace for pāśa-vimokṣa.