Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27

विष्णूत्पत्तिवर्णनम्

Description of the Origin/Manifestation of Viṣṇu

Devanagari script

युगपच्च तया शक्त्या साकं कालस्वरूपिणा । शिवलोकाभिधं क्षेत्रं निर्मितं तेन ब्रह्मणा

Transliteration

yugapacca tayā śaktyā sākaṃ kālasvarūpiṇā | śivalokābhidhaṃ kṣetraṃ nirmitaṃ tena brahmaṇā

Translation

Dann, zugleich — zusammen mit jener Kraft (Śakti) und mit der Zeit in ihrer eigenen Gestalt — erschuf Brahmā das heilige Reich, das Śivaloka genannt wird.

Word by Word

• युगपत्: simultaneously
• युगपत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: युगपत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• तया: by/with her
• तया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शक्त्या: with (the) power/Śakti
• शक्त्या: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• साकम्: together with
• साकम्: Sahārtha (सहार्थ/association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (with)

• काल-स्वरूपिणा: with (one) whose form is Time
• काल-स्वरूपिणा: Sahārtha (सहार्थ/association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कालस्य स्वरूपः)

• शिवलोक-अभिधम्: called ‘Śivaloka’
• शिवलोक-अभिधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिवलोक (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (शिवलोक इति अभिधीयते यत्)

• क्षेत्रम्: region/field (sacred place)
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• निर्मितम्: was created/constructed
• निर्मितम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+मा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे मुख्यक्रियासमानार्थक

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Rudrasaṃhitā creation account to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: cosmogony: establishment of Śivaloka as a primordial sacred realm

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma
• Shakti
• Kala

FAQs

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

It teaches that cosmic manifestation is not merely mechanical creation by Brahmā; it unfolds through Śakti (divine power) and Kāla (time/order), and culminates in the establishment of Śivaloka—the supreme Shaiva realm oriented toward Shiva as Pati (the Lord) and liberation.

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

Śivaloka here functions as the archetypal sacred ‘kṣetra’ (holy field) of Shiva; in practice, Linga worship and kṣetra-yātrā (pilgrimage) mirror this principle by consecrating space where the devotee approaches Saguna Shiva and is led toward the transcendence of Nirguna reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A key takeaway is kṣetra-bhāvanā (sanctifying one’s inner space): meditate on Shiva as the Lord of time (Kāla) while repeating the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and consecrate the body-mind as a Śiva-kṣetra through Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and disciplined japa.