Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24

मुनिप्रश्नवर्णनम्

Description of the Sages’ Questions

Devanagari script

गीयमानो वितृष्णैश्च भवरोगौषधोऽपि हि । मनःश्रोत्राभिरामश्च यत्तस्सर्वार्थदस्स वै

Transliteration

gīyamāno vitṛṣṇaiśca bhavarogauṣadho'pi hi | manaḥśrotrābhirāmaśca yattassarvārthadassa vai

Translation

Wenn es von Wunschlosen besungen wird, wird es wahrhaft zur Arznei gegen die Krankheit des weltlichen Werdens (Saṃsāra). Weil es Geist und Ohr erfreut, verleiht es in der Tat alle würdigen Lebensziele.

Word by Word

• गीयमानः: being sung (praised)
• गीयमानः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; of implied 'is')
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु) + यमान (कृत्-प्रत्यय; कर्मणि वर्तमान)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; "being sung/praised"

• वितृष्णैः: by the desireless (detached ones)
• वितृष्णैः: Karana (करण/Agent-instrument in passive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वितृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण used substantively "by the desireless"

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भवरोगौषधः: medicine for the disease of worldly existence
• भवरोगौषधः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव + रोग + औषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bhavasya rogaḥ; tasya auṣadham) used as one compound meaning "medicine for the disease of worldly existence"

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Nipata (निपात/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipata (निपात/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• मनःश्रोत्राभिरामः: pleasing to the mind and the ear
• मनःश्रोत्राभिरामः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् + श्रोत्र + अभिराम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: "pleasing to mind and ear" (manasaḥ/śrotrasya abhirāmaḥ)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Relative link)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative link)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तद्-प्रत्यय (correlative)

• सर्वार्थदः: giver of all aims/boons
• सर्वार्थदः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + अर्थ + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sarveṣām arthānām dātā)

• वै: indeed, certainly
• वै: Nipata (निपात/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (particle; emphasis/certainty)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya within the Rudrasaṃhitā context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not site-specific; presents Śiva-kīrtana as ‘bhavaroga-auṣadhi’—a doctrinal metaphor for curing saṃsāra produced by pāśa (bondage).

Significance: Positions Śiva’s praise as a therapeutic sādhana: it alleviates bhava (repeated becoming) and yields puruṣārthas; encourages tīrtha-like reliance on nāma/kathā rather than mere travel.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shiva-stuti (praise of Shiva), when performed with vairagya (freedom from craving), becomes a direct remedy for bhavaroga—the bondage of repeated birth and death—leading the devotee toward Shiva’s grace and liberation.

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

Singing Shiva’s glories is a core limb of Saguna worship—often done before the Shiva-linga through nāma-saṅkīrtana and stotra—where sound (śabda) and devotion purify the mind and make it fit to receive Shiva’s anugraha (grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice daily nāma-japa and stotra-pāṭha with a desireless attitude—ideally before a Shiva-linga, with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and rudrākṣa—treating the praise as inner medicine for samsara rather than a means for mere worldly gain.