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Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 78

दशशैवव्रतप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the Ten Principal Śaiva Vratas

Devanagari script

तावकस्त्वद्गतप्राणस्त्वच्चित्तोऽहं सदा मृड । कृपानिधे इति ज्ञात्वा यथा योग्यं तथा कुरु

Transliteration

tāvakastvadgataprāṇastvaccitto'haṃ sadā mṛḍa | kṛpānidhe iti jñātvā yathā yogyaṃ tathā kuru

Translation

噢仁慈的摩利陀（Mr̥ḍa，吉祥湿婆），我唯属於你——我的命息安住于你，我的心恒常系念于你。噢悲悯宝藏，既知如此，愿你为我作最相应、最合宜之事。

Word by Word
तावकःyour own (servant/devotee)
तावकः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; स्वाम्यर्थक (belonging to you/your servant)
त्वत्-गत-प्राणःwhose life is devoted to you
त्वत्-गत-प्राणः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त; √गम्) + prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: त्वयि गताः प्राणाः यस्य (whose life-breath has gone to you)
त्वत्-चित्तःmind fixed on you
त्वत्-चित्तः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + citta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: त्वयि चित्तं यस्य (mind fixed on you)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सदाalways
सदा:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
मृडO Mṛḍa (Śiva)
मृड:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmṛḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन
कृपा-निधेO treasure of compassion
कृपा-निधे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛpā (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: कृपायाः निधिः (treasure of compassion)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
ज्ञात्वाhaving known
ज्ञात्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√ज्ञा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having known/considered’
यथाas
यथा:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formसम्बन्ध/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/according to)
योग्यम्what is proper
योग्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootyogya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘appropriate’ (object of implied ‘do’)
तथाso
तथा:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (so/in that manner)
कुरुdo
कुरु:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन
Speaker

A devotee addressing Lord Shiva (as narrated within Suta Goswami’s Shiva Purana discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Models śaraṇāgati (self-surrender): the paśu confesses total dependence (prāṇa and citta fixed in Śiva), invoking Śiva’s compassion as the basis for liberating grace.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: तावकस्त्वद्गतप्राणस्त्वच्चित्तोऽहं सदा मृड । कृपानिधे इति ज्ञात्वा यथा योग्यं तथा कुरु

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities
S
Shiva

FAQs

It expresses śaraṇāgati—total refuge in Śiva—where prāṇa (life-force) and citta (mind) are offered to Pati (the Lord). In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, the soul (paśu) turns from bondage (pāśa) and entrusts itself to Śiva’s grace (anugraha), accepting whatever He deems spiritually beneficial.

The devotee’s single-pointed fixation on Śiva aligns with saguna-upāsanā—approaching Śiva through accessible forms such as the Śiva-liṅga and sacred names. Such worship matures into inner surrender, where the devotee seeks not personal preference but Śiva’s fitting dispensation.

The practical takeaway is japa and remembrance with surrender: repeat the Panchākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") while offering prāṇa and mind to Śiva, and conclude prayerfully with acceptance—“Do as You deem fit.” If observing Mahāśivarātri, support it with liṅga-abhiṣeka, vibhūti (tripuṇḍra), and steady mantra-japa.

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