Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 7

गौतमस्य शिवदर्शनं पापक्षयवचनं च | Gautama’s Vision of Śiva and the Teaching on Sin and Purification

Devanagari script

त्वदीयदर्शनाल्लोका निष्पापाश्च भवंति हि । किं पुनस्त्वं सपापोऽसि मद्भक्तिनिरतस्सदा

Transliteration

tvadīyadarśanāllokā niṣpāpāśca bhavaṃti hi | kiṃ punastvaṃ sapāpo'si madbhaktiniratassadā

Translation

Chỉ cần được thấy ngươi, người đời liền thật sự trở nên sạch tội. Vậy thì làm sao chính ngươi lại có thể là kẻ có tội—khi ngươi luôn chuyên nhất trong lòng bhakti đối với Ta, đấng Śiva?

Word by Word

• tvadīya-darśanāt: from (your) sight/vision
• tvadīya-darśanāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvadīya (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tvadīya = ‘your’ qualifying darśana)

• lokāḥ: people/worlds
• lokāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• niṣpāpāḥ: sinless
• niṣpāpāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣpāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying lokāḥ

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• bhavanti: become/are
• bhavanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, Present), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/indeed

• kim: what?
• kim: Prayojana/Avyaya-arthavat (प्रश्नार्थ/क्रियाविशेषणवत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); interrogative used adverbially (‘what then?’)

• punaḥ: again/then
• punaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• sa-pāpaḥ: sinful/with sin
• sa-pāpaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya-like ‘with sin/sinful’ qualifying tvam

• asi: are
• asi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, Present), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• mad-bhakti-nirataḥ: always devoted to my bhakti
• mad-bhakti-nirataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + nirata (कृदन्त, निपातित)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: mad-bhakti = ‘my devotion’; nirata = ‘engaged in’

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that Shiva-bhakti and Shiva’s grace purify pāpa: one who is steadfast in devotion becomes a vessel of sanctity, so even their darśana uplifts and cleanses others.

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

It supports Saguna worship through darśana—seeing Shiva (especially as the Jyotirlinga) is not merely symbolic but grace-bearing, and devotion to that manifested form removes impurity and strengthens liberation-oriented faith.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Maintain daily Shiva-bhakti—especially Linga/Jyotirlinga darśana with japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya); approach worship with purity of intent, as devotion itself is presented as the purifier.