Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 32

सृष्टिक्रमवर्णनम् / Description of the Sequence of Creation

Devanagari script

दक्षकन्याप्रसूतैश्च व्याप्तमेवं चराचरम् । पातालतलमारभ्य सत्यलोकावधि ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

dakṣakanyāprasūtaiśca vyāptamevaṃ carācaram | pātālatalamārabhya satyalokāvadhi dhruvam

Translation

So wurde alles Bewegliche und Unbewegliche von der Nachkommenschaft erfüllt, die aus den Töchtern Dakṣas hervorging—gewiss und ohne Ausnahme—von den unterirdischen Pātāla-Regionen bis hinauf nach Satyaloka.

Word by Word

• दक्ष-कन्या-प्रसूतैः: by those born of Daksha’s daughters
• दक्ष-कन्या-प्रसूतैः: करण (Instrument/agentive means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘दक्षस्य कन्याभ्यः प्रसूताः’ (born of Dakṣa’s daughters)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded
• व्याप्तम्: विधेय (Predicate; passive participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय-विशेषणम्

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of manner)

• चर-अचरम्: the moving and unmoving (world)
• चर-अचरम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Acc), एकवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• पाताल-तलम्: the surface/region of Pātāla
• पाताल-तलम्: अपादान/अधिकरण (starting point in range; from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Acc), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पातालस्य तलम्)

• आरभ्य: starting from
• आरभ्य: अवधि-निर्देश (Range marker: from)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रभ् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) + ल्यप् (अव्ययीभाव-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-समकक्षः ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययम् (gerund/absolutive): ‘beginning from’

• सत्य-लोक-अवधि: up to Satyaloka
• सत्य-लोक-अवधि: अवधि (Limit: up to)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + अवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; ‘सत्यलोकपर्यन्तम्’ अर्थे, अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (up to Satyaloka)

• ध्रुवम्: certainly, surely
• ध्रुवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् नपुंसक-एकवचन-रूपेण क्रियाविशेषणम् (indeclinable usage meaning ‘certainly’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Daksha
• Satyaloka
• Patala

FAQs

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

It highlights the vast spread of saṁsāric manifestation—life multiplying through progeny across all worlds—setting the backdrop for Shaiva teaching that liberation comes not from expansion of worldly ties but from turning to Pati (Shiva), the Lord beyond the created range.

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

By describing creation filling all realms, the text implicitly contrasts the pervaded cosmos with the worship of Shiva as the transcendent Pati approached through Saguna upāsanā—especially the Śiva-liṅga—by which the bound soul (paśu) seeks freedom from the pervasive net of birth and becoming.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to counter worldly proliferation with steady Shiva-sādhana: daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” and Liṅga-pūjā, cultivating detachment while living amid the vast created order.