Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27

सत्यप्रतिज्ञा-तपःसंवादः

Pārvatī’s Vow of Truth and the Dialogue on Her Tapas

Devanagari script

इतिश्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां तृतीये पार्वतीखंडे ब्रह्मचारिप्रतारणवाक्यवर्णनं नाम सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

itiśrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṃḍe brahmacāripratāraṇavākyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das siebenundzwanzigste Kapitel, genannt „Beschreibung der prüfenden (täuschenden) Worte des Brahmacārī“, im dritten Teil — Pārvatīkhaṇḍa — der zweiten Kompilation, der Rudra-Saṃhitā, des glorreichen Śiva-Mahāpurāṇa.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (closing particle)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the venerable Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससमूह (honorific + name + qualifier); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• द्वितीयायाम्: in the second
• द्वितीयायाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with संहितायाम्)

• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Rudra-saṃhitā
• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: रुद्रस्य संहिता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with खण्डे)

• पार्वती-खण्डे: in the Pārvatī section
• पार्वती-खण्डे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पार्वत्याः खण्डः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मचारि-प्रतारण-वाक्य-वर्णनम्: the description of the words about deceiving the brahmacārin
• ब्रह्मचारि-प्रतारण-वाक्य-वर्णनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतारण (प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष समास (determinative chain); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक अव्यय (particle: ‘named/called’)

• सप्तविंशः: twenty-seventh
• सप्तविंशः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तविंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numeral compound: सप्त + विंशति); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with अध्यायः)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (continuing the Purāṇic narration to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya; this is a colophon-style closure line)

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon line (iti… adhyāyaḥ) marking the closure of the chapter; not a sthala-purāṇa passage.

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: devotion (bhakti) and discernment are tested, and the devotee’s steadfastness toward Śiva as Pati (the Lord) is affirmed as spiritually transformative.

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

Though not a ritual injunction itself, it frames a key Saguna context: Śiva’s approachable, personal form engages in divine testing (līlā) to refine the devotee’s intent—an attitude foundational to heartfelt worship of Śiva, including Liṅga-upāsanā.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is to cultivate steadiness in Śiva-bhakti—supportable through daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and mindful self-examination when doubts or “testing words” arise.