Shloka 43

मित्रसह-राज्ञो रक्षत्व-शापकथा — The Curse that Turns King Mitrasaha into a Rakshasa

Vasiṣṭha’s Śāpa Narrative

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां शिवलिंगानां सार्वभौमो महाबलः । चतुर्युगे चतुर्वर्णस्सर्वपापापहारकः

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ śivaliṃgānāṃ sārvabhaumo mahābalaḥ | caturyuge caturvarṇassarvapāpāpahārakaḥ

Translation

在一切湿婆林伽之中，此林伽为至上之王，威力无比。于四个劫期之中，亦为四姓众生，能除灭一切罪垢。

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (m/n), षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• शिवलिङ्गानाम्: of (the) Śiva-liṅgas
• शिवलिङ्गानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• सार्वभौमः: universal sovereign
• सार्वभौमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सार्वभौम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• महाबलः: greatly powerful
• महाबलः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चतुर्युगे: in the four yugas
• चतुर्युगे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन (singular)

• चतुर्वर्णः: of four classes/varṇas
• चतुर्वर्णः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; (समासान्तः)

• सर्वपापापहारकः: remover of all sins
• सर्वपापापहारकः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + अपहारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kotirudra Samhita to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shiva-Linga

FAQs

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

It proclaims the Liṅga’s universal sovereignty and its power to cleanse pāpa across time (all yugas) and society (all varṇas), affirming Śiva’s grace as accessible to every sincere devotee.

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

The verse presents the Liṅga as Saguna Śiva’s most merciful and universally approachable form—an embodied focus for devotion and purification, through which the devotee is led toward Śiva’s liberating grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular Śiva-liṅga pūjā—especially darśana and abhiṣeka with mantra-japa (notably the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—is implied as a practical means for purification and spiritual uplift.