Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 52

सर्‍वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause

Devanagari script

येनैकजन्मना मुक्तिर्युष्मत्करतले स्थिता । अनेकजन्मसंसारबंधनिर्मोक्षकारिणी

Transliteration

yenaikajanmanā muktiryuṣmatkaratale sthitā | anekajanmasaṃsārabaṃdhanirmokṣakāriṇī

Translation

凭此法门，解脱（mokṣa）可于一生之内成就——宛如安住于你们掌中；它能解除由多生多世积聚的轮回（saṃsāra）系缚。

Word by Word

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument; ‘by which’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun

• eka-janmanā: with a single birth
• eka-janmanā: Karaṇa (करण/Means; ‘in/with one birth’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka-janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: eka (one) + janman (birth)

• muktiḥ: liberation
• muktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• yuṣmat-karatale: in your palm
• yuṣmat-karatale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad-kara-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला: yuṣmad (your) + kara (hand) + tala (palm)

• sthitā: is situated, stands
• sthitā: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate; state of muktiḥ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ta (क्त/PPP)
• Form: Kṛdanta: past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• aneka-janma-saṃsāra-bandha-nirmokṣa-kāriṇī: bringing release from bondage of saṃsāra across many births
• aneka-janma-saṃsāra-bandha-nirmokṣa-kāriṇī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of muktiḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka-janma-saṃsāra-bandha-nirmokṣa-kāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); multi-member तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला: aneka (many) + janma (birth) + saṃsāra (cycle of existence) + bandha (bondage) + nirmokṣa (release) + kāriṇī (causing/bringing about)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a site-specific māhātmya; it doctrinally highlights the efficacy of a Śaiva mokṣopāya that cuts through multi-birth saṃsāra-bandha.

Significance: Reframes pilgrimage/teaching as liberation-oriented: the true ‘tīrtha’ is the means that severs pāśa (bondage) rather than merely granting worldly merit.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares that Shiva’s grace-giving path can make moksha attainable in this very life, cutting the deep pasha (bondage) formed by countless births—emphasizing Pati (Shiva) as the liberator of the pashu (bound soul).

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

In the Vayu Samhita’s Shaiva framing, accessible liberation “in the palm of the hand” is typically realized through steady Saguna Shiva upasana—especially Linga-worship—where devotion matures into inner purification and readiness for Shiva’s liberating anugraha (grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is focused, single-pointed Shiva sadhana: daily japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with bhakti, supported by disciplined worship (puja/abhisheka) and contemplative remembrance of Shiva as the remover of saṃsāra-bandha.