Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 18

वसन्त-प्रभावः तथा काम-उद्दीपन-वर्णनम् | Spring’s Influence and the Arousal of Kāma

Devanagari script

मदनः प्रकटस्तत्र न्यवसच्चित्तगो बहिः । न दृष्टवांस्तदा शंभोश्छिद्रं येन प्रविश्यते

Transliteration

madanaḥ prakaṭastatra nyavasaccittago bahiḥ | na dṛṣṭavāṃstadā śaṃbhośchidraṃ yena praviśyate

Translation

هناك تجلّى مَدَنَةُ (كاما) وبقي خارجًا، لا يتحرّك إلا في ذهنه؛ إذ لم يرَ آنذاك في شَمْبُهو ثُغرةً يدخل منها (ليُقلِقَه).

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/quotative), discourse marker

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (determinative title-compound)

• द्वितीयायाम्: in the second (section/book)
• द्वितीयायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ordinal adjective used substantively

• रुद्र-संहिता-अन्तर्गत-तृतीये: in the third (part) contained within the Rudrasaṃhitā
• रुद्र-संहिता-अन्तर्गत-तृतीये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर्गत (कृदन्त; √गम् + अन्तर्, past participle used adjectivally) + तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'third which is within Rudrasaṃhitā')

• पार्वती-खण्डे: in the Pārvatī section
• पार्वती-खण्डे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (genitive/determinative)

• काम-कृत-विकार-वर्णन-नाम: named 'Description of the changes caused by Kāma'
• काम-कृत-विकार-वर्णन-नाम: Visheshana (विशेषण/adjectival to अध्यायः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ, past participle) + विकार (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'named (as) description of transformations caused by Kāma')

• अष्टादशः: eighteenth
• अष्टादशः: Visheshana (विशेषण/adjectival to अध्यायः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound) used as ordinal

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Madana

FAQs

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

It shows Śiva as the supreme Yogin—desire cannot find an entry-point in Him. In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, kama is a pasha (bond), but the Pati (Śiva) is untouched; the seeker progresses by closing the “openings” of distraction through discipline and devotion.

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

The Linga signifies Śiva’s unassailable, inward reality—beyond sensory intrusion. Worshiping Saguna Śiva through the Linga trains the devotee to turn inward, where desire loses its hold and the mind becomes fit for Śiva’s grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Guard the senses and steady the mind with japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), supported by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha as reminders of vairagya; meditate on Śiva as the inner Lord whom desire cannot penetrate.