Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 75

विष्णोः स्तुतिः—शिवसतीरक्षावचनम्

Viṣṇu’s Hymn and the Petition for Śiva–Satī’s Protection

Devanagari script

यज्ज्योतिरभ्रं स्वपुरं पुराणं कूटस्थमव्यक्तमनंतरूपम् । नित्यं च दीर्घादिविशेषणाद्यैर्हीनं शिवस्त्वं तत एव सर्वम्

Transliteration

yajjyotirabhraṃ svapuraṃ purāṇaṃ kūṭasthamavyaktamanaṃtarūpam | nityaṃ ca dīrghādiviśeṣaṇādyairhīnaṃ śivastvaṃ tata eva sarvam

Translation

Du bist jenes makellose, wolkenlose Licht — deine eigene höchste Wohnstatt — uralt, unveränderlich, unmanifest und von endlosen Gestalten. Ewig währst du, frei von allen begrenzenden Bestimmungen wie „lang“ und dergleichen. O Śiva, aus dir allein geht alles hervor und besteht.

Word by Word

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• ज्योतिः: light, radiance
• ज्योतिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अभ्रम्: cloudless, stainless
• अभ्रम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ज्योतिः)

• स्वपुरम्: one's own abode
• स्वपुरम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वं पुरम्)

• पुराणम्: ancient
• पुराणम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ज्योतिः/स्वपुरम्)

• कूटस्थम्: unchanging, abiding
• कूटस्थम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कूटस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कूटे तिष्ठति)

• अव्यक्तम्: unmanifest
• अव्यक्तम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-व्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-समास (negation)

• अनन्त-रूपम्: of endless forms
• अनन्त-रूपम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अनन्तं रूपं यस्य/अनन्तानि रूपाणि)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; नित्यं (adverb: always)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दीर्घ-आदि-विशेषण-आद्यैः: by qualifiers such as 'long' etc.
• दीर्घ-आदि-विशेषण-आद्यैः: Karana (करण/Instrument—by/with qualifiers)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + विशेषण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (दीर्घादीनि विशेषणानि आद्यानि येषां तैः)

• हीनम्: devoid (of)
• हीनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यत्/ज्योतिः)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: therefore, from that
• ततः: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/हेतु/क्रमवाचक (from that/therefore)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• सर्वम्: all (everything)
• सर्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s nature within the Sati Khanda context to the sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares Shiva as the spotless, attribute-transcending Supreme (Pati): unmanifest and immutable, yet the ultimate source of all manifestation—pointing the seeker toward liberation through knowing Shiva beyond limiting concepts.

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

The verse teaches that while Shiva is beyond all qualifiers (nirguna/avyakta), he is also of infinite forms (anantarupa). Thus, Linga and other saguna forms are valid supports for devotion and contemplation leading the mind to the attributeless Reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as pure jyoti (inner light) while japa of the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” letting go of limiting notions of time, size, and form; this aligns saguna practice with realization of the nirguna truth.