Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 51

कैलासगमनं कुबेरसख्यं च — Śiva’s Journey to Kailāsa and His Friendship with Kubera

Devanagari script

इदानीमेव पक्वान्नकारणव्यग्रया मया । स्थापिता भाजने क्वापि विस्मृतेति न वेद्म्यहम्

Transliteration

idānīmeva pakvānnakāraṇavyagrayā mayā | sthāpitā bhājane kvāpi vismṛteti na vedmyaham

Translation

Eben jetzt, ganz in die Zubereitung der gekochten Speise vertieft, stellte ich sie irgendwo in einem Gefäß ab; doch ob ich vergessen habe, wo es ist, weiß ich wahrlich nicht.

Word by Word

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पक्व-अन्न-कारण-व्यग्रया: by me, being busy due to (preparing) cooked food
• पक्व-अन्न-कारण-व्यग्रया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पक्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + कारण (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative chain; ‘पक्वान्नस्य कारणेन व्यग्रा’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular); ‘मया’ इति समानाधिकरण-विशेषणम्

• मया: by me
• मया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थापिता: was placed
• स्थापिता: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘(सा/वस्तु) स्थापिता’ = ‘was placed’

• भाजने: in a vessel
• भाजने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्वापि: somewhere
• क्वापि: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite locative adverb: ‘somewhere’)

• विस्मृता: forgotten
• विस्मृता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि√स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘(सा वस्तु) विस्मृता’ = ‘forgotten’

• इति: thus (thinking/that)
• इति: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• वेद्मि: I know
• वेद्मि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the dialogue within the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights how worldly busyness leads to forgetfulness; in Shaiva Siddhanta this resembles pāśa (bondage) that obscures steady remembrance of Pati (Shiva). It encourages mindfulness and devotion even amid routine duties.

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

It indirectly supports Saguna Shiva worship by implying that a concrete focus—such as daily Linga-pūjā—helps prevent the mind from scattering in household preoccupations and restores remembrance of Shiva as the sustaining Lord.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to anchor daily life with brief, repeatable devotion—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a short Linga-darśana or Tripuṇḍra application—so remembrance is not lost in busyness.