Shloka 13

बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

अतः शिवप्रसादेन प्रकृत्यादिवशं भवेत् । शिवप्रसादलाभार्थं शिवमेव प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

ataḥ śivaprasādena prakṛtyādivaśaṃ bhavet | śivaprasādalābhārthaṃ śivameva prapūjayet

Translation

پس شیو کے پرساد سے پرکرتی وغیرہ کی محکومی باقی نہیں رہتی۔ شیو کے اسی پرساد کے حصول کے لیے صرف شیو ہی کی پوجا کرنی چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निगमनार्थक-अव्यय (therefore/from this)

• शिवप्रसादेन: by Śiva's grace
• शिवप्रसादेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य प्रसादः)

• प्रकृति: of nature
• प्रकृति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (in compound)

• आदि: and so on
• आदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (in compound sense: etc.)

• वशम्: control, subjection
• वशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• भवेत्: should become
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिवप्रसादलाभार्थम्: for obtaining Śiva's grace
• शिवप्रसादलाभार्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक) + लाभ (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः (शिवस्य प्रसादस्य लाभस्य अर्थः) बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship (earnestly)
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: As Viśveśvara/Viśvanātha of Kāśī, Śiva is praised as the Lord who grants liberation by His grace; the teaching here frames mokṣa as release from Prakṛti through Śiva-prasāda rather than mere ritual merit.

Significance: Darśana and worship oriented to Śiva’s anugraha are held to loosen pāśa (bondage) and turn the soul toward liberation beyond Prakṛti.

Mantra Metadata

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Prakriti

FAQs

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

It teaches that liberation is ultimately made possible by Śiva’s prasāda (grace), through which the soul is no longer dominated by Prakṛti and other binding conditions; hence devotion directed to Śiva is the direct means to receive that grace.

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

In the Vidyeśvara context, worship of Saguna Śiva—especially through the Śiva-liṅga as the accessible form of the Supreme—becomes the practical path to invoke Śiva’s grace, which then leads the devotee toward transcendence beyond material nature.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Single-pointed Śiva-upāsanā is implied—daily liṅga-pūjā with Panchākṣarī japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offered with devotion to seek Śiva’s prasāda as the transforming power behind spiritual freedom.