Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24

देवस्तुतिः—नन्दिकेश्वरविज्ञप्तिः—शम्भोः समाधेः उत्थानम्

Devas’ Hymn, Nandikeśvara’s Petition, and Śiva’s Rising from Samādhi

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां तृतीये पार्वतीखण्डे पार्वतीविवाहस्वीकारो नाम चतुर्विशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe pārvatīvivāhasvīkāro nāma caturviśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Śiva-Mahāpurāṇa—im zweiten Teil, der Rudra-saṃhitā, im dritten Abschnitt namens Pārvatī-khaṇḍa—das vierundzwanzigste Kapitel mit dem Titel „Die Annahme von Pārvatīs Vermählung“.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Vacana-parisamāpti (वचन-परिसमाप्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotative/closing particle (इति)

• śrī-śiva-mahā-purāṇe: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-śiva-mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Multi-member Tatpuruṣa (name-title); Neuter; Locative (सप्तमी) Singular

• dvitīyāyām: in the second
• dvitīyāyām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine; Locative (सप्तमी) Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying saṃhitāyām

• rudra-saṃhitāyām: in the Rudra-saṃhitā
• rudra-saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa; Feminine; Locative (सप्तमी) Singular

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter; Locative (सप्तमी) Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying khaṇḍe

• pārvatī-khaṇḍe: in the Pārvatī-khaṇḍa section
• pārvatī-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa; Neuter; Locative (सप्तमी) Singular

• pārvatī-vivāha-svīkāraḥ: (the topic) acceptance of Pārvatī’s marriage
• pārvatī-vivāha-svīkāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + vivāha (प्रातिपदिक) + svīkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa; Masculine; Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular; chapter-title subject

• nāma: named
• nāma: Saṃjñā-sūcaka (संज्ञा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya usage meaning 'named/called' (नाम)

• caturviśaḥ: twenty-fourth
• caturviśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturviśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu (numeral compound) used as ordinal; Masculine; Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular; qualifying adhyāyaḥ

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine; Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (traditional Purāṇic colophon style, concluding the chapter while narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

This is a concluding colophon that seals the chapter’s teaching: the divinely ordained union of Śiva (Pati) and Pārvatī (Śakti) as the auspicious foundation for grace, dharma, and the devotee’s movement toward liberation through devotion and right understanding.

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

Though not a direct instruction on Liṅga worship, the chapter-title it announces frames Śiva’s saguna līlā—his accepting Pārvatī—through which devotees approach the transcendent (nirguṇa) Lord via accessible, grace-filled forms and narratives.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As a chapter-end marker, it implies a natural practice: conclude recitation with remembrance of Śiva-Pārvatī, offer a brief namaskāra, and continue japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to internalize the chapter’s auspiciousness.