Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 36

गणेशाभिषेक-वरदान-विधानम् | Gaṇeśa’s Consecration, Boons, and Prescribed Worship

Devanagari script

प्रथमे च तथा यामे गिरिजायास्सुचेतसः । आविर्बभूव ते रूपं यस्मात्ते व्रतमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

prathame ca tathā yāme girijāyāssucetasaḥ | āvirbabhūva te rūpaṃ yasmātte vratamuttamam

Translation

ৰাতিৰ প্ৰথম প্ৰহৰত, শুদ্ধ চিত্তৰ গিৰিজাৰ সন্মুখত তোমাৰ দিব্য ৰূপ প্ৰকট হৈছিল, কাৰণ তেওঁৰ ব্ৰত অত্যন্ত উত্তম আছিল।

Word by Word

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (यामे)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘also/likewise’

• यामे: in the watch (of the night/day)
• यामे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• गिरिजायाः: of Girijā (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• सु-चेतसः: of the good-minded (one)
• सु-चेतसः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (गिरिजायाः)

• आविः: manifestly
• आविः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आविः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (manifestly/clearly)

• बभूव: became/appeared
• बभूव: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बभूव इत्यस्य कर्तृ-स्थानी (appeared as subject)

• यस्मात्: because/from which
• यस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-प्रकारेण; पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपेण हेतु/कारणार्थे (ablative used as ‘because/from which’)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• व्रतम्: vow/observance
• व्रतम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (व्रतम्)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It highlights the Shaiva Siddhanta emphasis that sincere, disciplined devotion (vrata) purifies the mind and becomes the cause for the Lord’s gracious self-manifestation (anugraha) in a perceivable form.

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

The verse underscores Saguna Shiva’s accessibility: when devotion and observance mature, Shiva can be experienced as a manifest form. This aligns with Linga worship as a concrete focus through which the formless Lord bestows grace in a form devotees can approach.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to night-vigil devotion and disciplined vrata—staying focused in worship during a yāma (night watch), maintaining purity of mind, and steady remembrance of Shiva (japa/dhyāna), as done in major observances like Mahāśivarātri.