Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 5

दक्षयज्ञ-प्रसङ्गे देवतानां आश्वासनं तथा दण्डविधानम् | Consolation of the Devas and the Ordinance of Consequences in the Dakṣa-Yajña Episode

Devanagari script

दक्षस्य यज्ञभंगोयं न कृतश्च मया क्वचित् । परं द्वेष्टि परेषां यदात्मनस्तद्भविष्यति

Transliteration

dakṣasya yajñabhaṃgoyaṃ na kṛtaśca mayā kvacit | paraṃ dveṣṭi pareṣāṃ yadātmanastadbhaviṣyati

Translation

«إنّ تعطيل ذبيحة دكشا لم أفعله أنا قطّ في أيّ وقت. لكن من يُضمر البغضاء للربّ الأعلى، فإنّ ما ينويه على الآخرين يرتدّ على نفسه.»

Word by Word

• dakṣasya: of Dakṣa
• dakṣasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• yajña-bhaṅgaḥ: the breaking of the sacrifice
• yajña-bhaṅgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यज्ञस्य भङ्गः)

• ayam: this
• ayam: Visheshya (विशेष्य; apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• kṛtaḥ: done
• kṛtaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) → kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक (done)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• kvacit: ever/anywhere
• kvacit: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/देशवाचक-अव्यय (at any time/anywhere)

• param: another (person)
• param: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘another person’

• dveṣṭi: hates
• dveṣṭi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dviṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• pareṣām: of others
• pareṣām: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Karma (कर्म; object of ‘will become’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun (correlative with tat)

• ātmanaḥ: of oneself
• ātmanaḥ: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म; object of ‘will become’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; correlative pronoun

• bhaviṣyati: will become/happen
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/साधारण-भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Daksha

FAQs

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

The verse teaches a Shaiva karmic principle: hostility toward the Supreme (Shiva, the Pati) rebounds upon the hater. True welfare arises from reverence and surrender, not from egoic rivalry or contempt.

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

In the Daksha-yajna narrative, ritual pride rejects Shiva’s supremacy. Linga/Saguna-Shiva worship trains the mind in humility and devotion, preventing the dveṣa (hatred) and aparādha (offense) that cause spiritual downfall.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Replace resentment with Shiva-bhakti: daily Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with a repentant, non-hostile mind; optionally accompanied by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha as reminders of surrender to Shiva.