Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 31

वृन्दायाः दुष्स्वप्न-दर्शनं तथा पातिव्रत्य-भङ्गोपक्रमः / Vṛndā’s Ominous Dreams and the Prelude to the Breach of Chastity

Devanagari script

वृन्दोवाच । कृपानिधे मुनिश्रेष्ठ परोपकरणादर । मयि कृत्वा कृपां साधो जीवयैनं मम प्रभुम्

Transliteration

vṛndovāca | kṛpānidhe muniśreṣṭha paropakaraṇādara | mayi kṛtvā kṛpāṃ sādho jīvayainaṃ mama prabhum

Translation

বৃন্দা বলল—হে করুণার নিধি, হে মুনিশ্রেষ্ঠ, পরোপকারে আনন্দিত সাধু! আমার প্রতি কৃপা করে আমার প্রভুকে পুনর্জীবিত করুন।

Word by Word

• वृन्दा: Vṛndā
• वृन्दा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; वक्तृ-निर्देश (speaker)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/लुङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कृपा-निधे: O treasure of compassion
• कृपा-निधे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृपायाः निधिः)

• मुनि-श्रेष्ठ: O best of sages
• मुनि-श्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां श्रेष्ठः)

• परोपकरण-आदर: O one devoted to helping others
• परोपकरण-आदर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + उपकार (प्रातिपदिक) + आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः: परोपकारः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + तस्मिन् आदरः (सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-भाव)

• मयि: in/for me
• मयि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done / having shown
• कृत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/क्त्वा), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• कृपाम्: compassion
• कृपाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• साधो: O good one
• साधो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• जीवय: revive
• जीवय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: ‘make live’)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• प्रभुम्: lord
• प्रभुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Vṛndā

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Vṛndā
• muni (sage)
• Vṛndā's lord (her husband/master)

FAQs

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

The verse highlights śaraṇāgati (surrender) and the power of kṛpā (grace): in Shaiva thought, sincere humility and appeal to compassion become a doorway for divine or saintly intervention, reminding devotees that restoration and upliftment ultimately depend on higher grace rather than egoic control.

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

Though the verse addresses a sage, its devotional mood mirrors Saguna Shiva worship—approaching a compassionate, responsive Lord through pleading, reverence, and surrender. In Linga-upāsanā, devotees similarly seek Shiva’s anugraha (bestowing grace) for protection, healing, and renewal of life-force.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is prayerful surrender: one may chant the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with a focused request for Shiva’s grace, and support it with sattvic conduct and paropakāra (helping others), which the verse explicitly praises as a saintly virtue.