Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 61

विष्णुचेष्टितवर्णनम् / Account of Viṣṇu’s Stratagem and Its Aftermath

Devanagari script

शंभुभक्तिप्रदं व्यास सर्वेषां पापनाशनम् । इहलोके परत्रापि सदा सद्गतिदायकम्

Transliteration

śaṃbhubhaktipradaṃ vyāsa sarveṣāṃ pāpanāśanam | ihaloke paratrāpi sadā sadgatidāyakam

Translation

يا فياسا، إنّ هذا يمنح البهاكتي لشمبهو (الربّ شيفا) ويُبيد خطايا الجميع. في هذا العالم وفي الآخرة أيضًا، يهب على الدوام السبيل الحقّ المبارك—حُسن المصير والتحرّر.

Word by Word

• शम्भु-भक्ति-प्रदम्: giver of devotion to Śambhu
• शम्भु-भक्ति-प्रदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; (शम्भोः भक्ति) इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः, तस्य प्रदम् ‘giver’

• व्यास: O Vyāsa
• व्यास: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्ध (of all)

• पाप-नाशनम्: destroyer of sin
• पाप-नाशनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: पापस्य नाशनम्

• इहलोके: in this world
• इहलोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इहलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: इह (here) + लोक

• परत्र: in the other world/after death
• परत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘elsewhere/afterwards’)

• अपि: also
• अपि: None (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (always)

• सद्गति-दायकम्: giver of good destiny/liberation
• सद्गति-दायकम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सद्गति (प्रातिपदिक) + दायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: सद्गतेः दायकम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a site-specific Jyotirliṅga passage; it states the general phalaśruti of Śiva-kathā/Śambhu-bhakti—devotion that destroys pāpa and grants sadgati in both worlds.

Significance: Frames śravaṇa (hearing) and bhakti as a universal tīrtha: purification (pāpa-nāśa) and sadgati/mukti through Śiva’s grace (anugraha).

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vyasa

FAQs

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

It declares that Śiva-bhakti itself is purifying: it destroys pāpa (bondage-producing impurities) and leads the devotee to satgati—right spiritual direction culminating in auspicious liberation—both in worldly life and after death.

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

By praising “Śambhu-bhakti,” the verse supports Saguna worship—such as reverence to the Śiva-liṅga—as a direct means to purification and grace, which in Śaiva Siddhānta matures into liberating knowledge through Śiva’s anugraha (divine favor).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is steady Śiva-bhakti: daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with liṅga-pūjā, optionally supported by bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as aids to remembrance and purity.