Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27

युद्धप्रसङ्गः—देवगणयुद्धे शिवविष्णुसंयोगः / Battle Episode—Śiva–Viṣṇu Convergence in the Devas’ Conflict

Devanagari script

नैतेन गणनाथेन समतां यांति केपि च । त्रैलोक्येऽप्यखिले तेजो रूपशौर्यगुणादिभिः

Transliteration

naitena gaṇanāthena samatāṃ yāṃti kepi ca | trailokye'pyakhile tejo rūpaśauryaguṇādibhiḥ

Translation

Niemand erreicht die Gleichheit mit diesem Herrn der Ganas; in allen drei Welten kommt keiner seinem Glanz, seiner Schönheit und Tapferkeit gleich.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negative particle)

• एतेन: with/by this
• एतेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; instrumental ‘with/by this’

• गणनाथेन: by Gaṇanātha (lord of the gaṇas)
• गणनाथेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गणनाथ (प्रातिपदिक); components: गण (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; instrumental; ‘by the lord of the gaṇas’

• समताम्: equality
• समताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• यान्ति: attain/go to
• यान्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; parasmaipada

• के: some (who?)
• के: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; interrogative used as indefinite with 'अपि'

• अपि: even/also (forming 'some')
• अपि: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also/even), here indefinitizing with 'के'

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक); components: त्रि (संख्या) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative ‘in the three worlds’

• अपि: even
• अपि: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘even/also’

• अखिले: entire
• अखिले: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; agrees with त्रैलोक्ये

• तेजः: splendour
• तेजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here as subject/standard of comparison (sense: ‘splendour’)

• रूपशौर्यगुणादिभिः: by (his) beauty, valour, virtues, etc.
• रूपशौर्यगुणादिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप-शौर्य-गुण-आदि (प्रातिपदिक); components: रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + शौर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; instrumental; ‘by/with form, valour, qualities, etc.’

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Ganesha

FAQs

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

The verse proclaims Gaṇeśa’s unsurpassed excellence in the three worlds, teaching that divine greatness (tejas and guṇas) is not merely worldly power but the manifest grace of Śiva’s order—worthy of reverence and surrender.

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

In Saguna Śiva worship, one honors Śiva’s manifest cosmic administration—His gaṇas and their Lord—before approaching the Liṅga; praising Gaṇeśa aligns the devotee with Śiva’s auspicious will and removes impediments to pūjā and japa.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to begin Śiva-pūjā with Gaṇapati-vandana and focused remembrance of his tejas and guṇas, followed by steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) to proceed without obstacles.