Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 31

कुमाराभिषेकवर्णनम् — Description of Kumāra’s Abhiṣeka

Consecration/Installation

Devanagari script

ऋषयो ब्रह्मघोषेण गीतेनैव च गायकाः । वाद्यैश्च बहवस्तत्रोपतस्थुश्च कुमारकम्

Transliteration

ṛṣayo brahmaghoṣeṇa gītenaiva ca gāyakāḥ | vādyaiśca bahavastatropatasthuśca kumārakam

Translation

Dort erhoben die ṛṣis heilige vedische Akklamationen; die Sänger trugen Hymnen vor; und viele mit Musikinstrumenten traten hinzu: alle standen im Dienst des göttlichen Kindes Kumāra und erwiesen Verehrung durch glückverheißenden Klang.

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ब्रह्म-घोषेण: with sacred chanting
• ब्रह्म-घोषेण: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘ब्रह्मणः घोषः’ (Vedic/holy chant); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• गीतेन: with song
• गीतेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक; √गै/गाय् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/just)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• गायकाः: singers
• गायकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वाद्यैः: with musical instruments
• वाद्यैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘many (people)’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (there)

• उपतस्थुः: attended, stood near
• उपतस्थुः: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• कुमारकम्: the boy (Kumāra)
• कुमारकम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Kartikeya
• Rishis

FAQs

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

It presents sacred sound—Vedic chant, devotional song, and instrumental music—as a pure mode of seva (reverent attendance), showing that devotion expressed through śabda can sanctify the mind and align it with Shiva’s divine order.

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

Just as devotees worship Saguna Shiva in the Linga with mantra and stotra, here the same principle appears as honoring Shiva’s divine manifestation through Kumāra—approaching the divine form with auspicious chant and praise.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Kīrtana and mantra-japa: reciting Shiva mantras (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and singing hymns with attentive presence, treating sound itself as an offering in puja.