Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 58

शङ्खचूडकस्य राज्याभिषेकः तथा शक्रपुरीं प्रति प्रस्थानम् | Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Coronation and March toward Indra’s City

Devanagari script

अहं त्वं चामरास्सर्वे तिष्ठंतीह विसाध्वसाः

Transliteration

ahaṃ tvaṃ cāmarāssarve tiṣṭhaṃtīha visādhvasāḥ

Translation

„Ich, du und alle Unsterblichen werden hier stehen bleiben, frei von Furcht.“

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

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

• अमराः: the immortals (gods)
• अमराः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (amarāḥ qualifies)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand / remain
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• वि-साध्वसाः: fearless / without dread
• वि-साध्वसाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + साध्वस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; नञर्थ-प्राय ‘वि-’ उपसर्गेण ‘साध्वस’ (fear) का अभाव/विपरीतभावः; विशेषणम् (subject group qualifies)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: The verse models ‘abhaya’ (fearlessness) as a fruit of proximity to Śiva—pilgrimage/śaraṇāgati culminating in inner steadiness.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devas

FAQs

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

The verse conveys Shiva’s bestowal of abhaya (fearlessness): when beings take refuge in Pati (Shiva), the bonds of fear and insecurity loosen, and steadfastness arises even amid conflict.

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

It reflects Saguna Shiva’s compassionate guardianship—Shiva as the personal Lord who grants protection and stability to devotees and devas; Linga-worship similarly centers on approaching Shiva as the reliable refuge and giver of abhaya.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate “abhaya-bhāva” through japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and remembrance of Shiva as protector; optionally reinforce with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as Shaiva aids to steadiness and devotion.