Shloka 38

Viśveśvara-māhātmya and the Nirguṇa–Saguṇa Emergence of Śiva (Śakti–Puruṣa/Prakṛti Discourse)

Devanagari script

जीवान्भवाब्धेरखिलांस्तारय त्वं सदाशिव । भक्तकार्य्यं कुरु हर प्रार्थयामि पुनःपुनः

Transliteration

jīvānbhavābdherakhilāṃstāraya tvaṃ sadāśiva | bhaktakāryyaṃ kuru hara prārthayāmi punaḥpunaḥ

Translation

噢，常住吉祥的萨达湿婆啊，请渡尽一切众生，越过轮回生灭之海。噢，哈拉啊，请成就你奉献者的所求——我一次又一次地恳祈。

Word by Word

• जीवान्: living beings
• जीवान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• भव-अब्धेः: from the ocean of worldly existence
• भव-अब्धेः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक) + अब्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• अखिलान्: all
• अखिलान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying जीवान्)

• तारय: deliver / ferry across
• तारय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• सदा-शिव: O Sadāśiva
• सदा-शिव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा (अव्यय) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सदा शिवः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• भक्त-कार्य्यम्: the devotees’ task/need
• भक्त-कार्य्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भक्तस्य कार्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• कुरु: do / accomplish
• कुरु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हर: O Hara
• हर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रार्थयामि: I request / I pray
• प्रार्थयामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अर्थ/अर्थय् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

A devotee/supplicant addressing Lord Shiva (within Suta Goswami’s narration of the Kotirudrasaṃhitā context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: The prayer frames Kāśī’s Lord as Sadāśiva-Hara who ferries all beings across saṃsāra; Kāśī’s salvific fame is grounded in Śiva’s role as universal liberator, not merely local deity.

Significance: Pilgrimage is construed as seeking taraka-anugraha—Śiva’s liberating intervention that cuts pāśa (bondage) and grants passage beyond bhava-sāgara.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It expresses śaraṇāgati (surrender): the devotee asks Sadāśiva, the Pati (Lord), to remove pāśa (bondage) and carry beings across saṃsāra, showing liberation depends on Shiva’s grace received through devotion.

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

The prayer is directed to Shiva as Sadāśiva/Hara—Saguna Shiva who compassionately responds to bhakti; in Jyotirliṅga contexts, such supplication is fulfilled through the Lord’s manifest presence and saving power.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Repetition of heartfelt prayer (punaḥ punaḥ) aligns with japa and bhakti—especially Panchākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") with liṅga-dhyāna, offered as a continual request for deliverance from saṃsāra.