Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 11

काली-परिचयः / Himagiri Presents Kālī (Pārvatī) to Śiva

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा तां तादृशीं तात ध्यानिनां च मनोहराम् । विग्रहे तन्त्रमन्त्राणां वर्द्धिनीं कामरूपिणीम्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā tāṃ tādṛśīṃ tāta dhyānināṃ ca manoharām | vigrahe tantramantrāṇāṃ varddhinīṃ kāmarūpiṇīm

Translation

يا عزيز، لما رآها على تلك الهيئة العجيبة—فاتنةً لقلوب المتأملين من اليوغيين—بدت كأنها التجسّد الحيّ للتنترا والمانترا، مُنمّيةً لقوّتهما، وهي الإلهة التي تتخذ ما تشاء من الصور بإرادتها.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Pūrvakāla-kriyā/Having done)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तादृशीम्: such, of that kind
• तादृशीम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तात: O dear (father/son)
• तात: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• ध्यानिनाम्: of meditators
• ध्यानिनाम्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यानिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• मनोहराम्: charming, captivating
• मनोहराम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• विग्रहे: in embodied form; in manifestation
• विग्रहे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तन्त्र-मन्त्राणाम्: of tantras and mantras
• तन्त्र-मन्त्राणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्त्र + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (tantra and mantra)

• वर्द्धिनीम्: increasing, augmenting
• वर्द्धिनीम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ध् (धातु)
• Form: णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (agentive/causative sense), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (one who increases)

• कामरूपिणीम्: able to take any desired form
• कामरूपिणीम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कामं रूपं यस्याः/कामरूपिणी = able to assume desired forms)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse presents the Goddess as Shakti made visible—so pure and radiant that she naturally draws the minds of meditators—teaching that spiritual realization matures when divine grace empowers one’s inner practice.

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

Just as the Linga is a sacred, graspable support for worship of Shiva, the Goddess here is described as an embodied support for sadhana—showing that Saguna forms sanctify the mind and make mantra, worship, and meditation fruitful.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to mantra-japa and dhyana: approach the Divine Mother as the power within mantra, meditate on her form with steadiness, and let disciplined practice be strengthened by devotion (bhakti) and inner purity.