Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 19

सतीचरिते पितृगृहे आशीर्वाद-वचनम् तथा यौवनारम्भः — Satī at her father’s house: blessings and the onset of youth

Devanagari script

तपस्यसितभूतायां कृत्वा जागरणं निशि । विशेषतस्समानर्च शैलूषैस्सर्वयामसु

Transliteration

tapasyasitabhūtāyāṃ kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ niśi | viśeṣatassamānarca śailūṣaissarvayāmasu

Translation

في تلك الليلة ذات النسك الشديد—حين تنشط الأرواح والغيلان على نحوٍ خاص—ينبغي أن تُقام السَّهرة تعبّدًا طوال الليل؛ وفي كل هزيع من الليل تُؤدَّى عبادة الرب شيفا بعنايةٍ أخصّ، مع الموسيقيين والممثّلين، مع تقديم تسابيح موقّرة.

Word by Word

• तपस्य: in Tapasya (month/season)
• तपस्य: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — मासे/काले (locative of time; ‘तपस्य-मासे’)

• सित-भूतायाम्: on the ‘Sita-bhūtā’ (named) day/night
• सित-भूतायाम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — तिथौ/रात्रौ; ‘सितभूता’ (name of a tithi/night)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: पूर्वकाल (Absolutive—prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• जागरणम्: night-vigil
• जागरणम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• निशि: at night
• निशि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: प्रकार (Manner adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘especially’)

• सम्: together/fully (prefix)
• सम्: उपसर्ग (Preverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग (preverb) — ‘सम्’

• आनर्च: (she) worshipped
• आनर्च: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; उपसर्ग-सम् + आ (सम्+आ+अर्च् → समानर्च)

• शैलूषैः: with actors/performers
• शैलूषैः: सहकारक (Sahakāraka/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैलूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — सह/साकम् (instrumental of association)

• सर्व-यामसु: during all watches (of the night)
• सर्व-यामसु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + याम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन — कालाधिकरण; सर्वेषु यामेषु (locative plural)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Bhairava

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The verse generalizes a ‘tapas-vigil’ night marked by heightened bhūta activity; it implicitly frames Śiva as the Lord of bhūtas (Bhūtanātha/Bhairava aspect), where proper worship through the watches overcomes fear/obstruction.

Significance: General benefit: worship across all yāmas with kīrtana/nṛtya is presented as protective and merit-generating, transforming an inauspicious night into a Śiva-centered sacred time.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that disciplined night-long vigilance (jāgaraṇa) and repeated worship through the night transform fear of dark influences into devotion, keeping the mind steady in Śiva-bhakti and oriented toward liberation.

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

The instruction to worship in every yāma aligns with Saguna Śiva-upāsanā—repeated offerings and praise to the manifest Lord (often through the Liṅga), sustaining continuous remembrance and reverence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Keep a Mahāśivarātri-style jāgaraṇa, perform worship in each watch of the night with hymns and devotional singing (kīrtana/nṛtya), and maintain focused reverence—supporting mantra-japa such as the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya).