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Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 38

शिवतेजसः समुद्रे बालरूपप्रादुर्भावः (Śiva’s Tejas Manifesting as a Child in the Ocean)

Devanagari script

ये देवैर्निर्जिताः पूर्वं दैत्याः पाताल संस्थिताः । ते हि भूमंडलं याता निर्भयास्तमुपाश्रिताः

Transliteration

ye devairnirjitāḥ pūrvaṃ daityāḥ pātāla saṃsthitāḥ | te hi bhūmaṃḍalaṃ yātā nirbhayāstamupāśritāḥ

Translation

أولئك الدايتيّات الذين هزمهم الدِّيفات من قبل وكانوا مقيمين في باتالا، قدموا حينئذٍ إلى نطاق الأرض؛ ولما زال عنهم الخوف احتمَوا به واتخذوه ملجأً.

Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यः (relative pronoun)
देवैःby the gods
देवैः:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन
निर्जिताःdefeated
निर्जिताः:
विशेषण (Adjectival to ‘दैत्याः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootनि + जि (धातु) → निर्जित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘conquered/defeated’
पूर्वम्formerly
पूर्वम्:
कालाधिकरण (Time adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly)
दैत्याःthe demons (Daityas)
दैत्याः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन
पातालin the netherworld (Pātāla)
पाताल:
अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (or पुंलिङ्ग usage), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; पद्ये ‘पाताले’ अर्थे (in Pātāla)
संस्थिताःsituated
संस्थिताः:
विशेषण (Adjectival to ‘दैत्याः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘situated/remaining’
तेthey
ते:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अन्वय: ते (those)
हिindeed
हि:
सम्बन्ध (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: indeed/for)
भूमण्डलम्the earth (world-sphere)
भूमण्डलम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: भूमेः मण्डलम् (earth-circle/world)
याताःwent
याताः:
क्रिया (Predicate action)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) → यात (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्रिया-अर्थ: ‘went/have gone’
निर्भयाःfearless
निर्भयाः:
विशेषण (Adjectival to ‘ते’)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्भय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: निः + भय (fearless)
तम्him
तम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘him/that one’
उपाश्रिताःhaving taken refuge (in him)
उपाश्रिताः:
क्रिया (Predicate action)
TypeVerb
Rootउप + आ + श्रि (धातु) → उपाश्रित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having taken refuge in’
Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Characters & Entities
D
Devas
D
Daityas
P
Patala

FAQs

It shows how “taking refuge” (śaraṇāgati) immediately changes one’s inner state—fear turns into fearlessness; Shaiva Siddhanta emphasizes that true fearlessness is perfected when refuge is taken in Pati (Śiva) rather than in powers that sustain adharma.

The verse highlights the motif of approaching a tangible protector; in practice, devotees approach Saguna Shiva—often through Linga worship—as the accessible refuge, while remembering that the Linga points to Shiva’s supreme, transcendent reality.

Adopt a daily act of śaraṇāgati to Shiva: mentally offer fear and conflict at the Shiva-Linga, then repeat the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with steady breath to cultivate inner fearlessness.

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