Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27

हिरण्यकशिपोः क्रोधः तथा देवप्रजाकदनम् — Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Wrath and the Affliction of Devas and Beings

Devanagari script

युगांतकालाग्निसमप्रभावं जगन्मयं किं बहुभिर्वचोभिः । अस्तं रवौसोऽपि हि गच्छतीशो गतोऽसुराणां नगरीं महात्मा

Transliteration

yugāṃtakālāgnisamaprabhāvaṃ jaganmayaṃ kiṃ bahubhirvacobhiḥ | astaṃ ravauso'pi hi gacchatīśo gato'surāṇāṃ nagarīṃ mahātmā

Translation

Sein Glanz glich dem Feuer am Ende eines Weltzeitalters und durchdrang das ganze All—wozu viele Worte? Als die Sonne unterging, brach auch jener mächtige Herr auf; der Großgesinnte zog zur Stadt der Asuras.

Word by Word

• yugānta-kāla-agni-sama-prabhāvam: having power equal to the fire at the end of the age
• yugānta-kāla-agni-sama-prabhāvam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of 'īśam' (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yugānta (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (निर्धारण/उपमान-सम्बन्धः): 'युगान्तकाले (स्थितः) अग्निः' इव समः प्रभावः यस्य

• jagat-mayam: pervading/consisting of the universe
• jagat-mayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of 'īśam' (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुषः—'जगत्-मय' = जगत्-स्वरूप/जगत्-व्याप्त

• kim: what (use is there)
• kim: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), interrogative particle (प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय)

• bahubhiḥ: with many
• bahubhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vacobhiḥ: by words
• vacobhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; 'वचस्' (speech/words)

• astam: to setting (to the west)
• astam: Gati/Karma (गति-लक्ष्य/कर्म) with 'gacchati'
• Type: Noun
• Root: asta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; 'अस्त' = setting (of sun)

• ravau: when the sun (is)
• ravau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; सर्वनाम

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (अपि = also/even)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic particle (निपात)

• gacchati: goes
• gacchati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• īśaḥ: the Lord
• īśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (apposition with 'saḥ')
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• gataḥ: having gone
• gataḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया) (state/result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Kta (क्त) past passive participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; used predicatively

• asurāṇām: of the demons
• asurāṇām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• nagarīm: to the city
• nagarīm: Karma (कर्म) with 'gataḥ'
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd), Singular

• mahātmā: the great-souled one
• mahātmā: Karta (कर्ता) (apposition to 'īśaḥ/saḥ')
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Kālāntaka

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: yugānta (end-of-aeon) fire imagery

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Asuras

FAQs

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

The verse presents Śiva as Īśa whose light equals the pralaya-fire, indicating His supremacy over time and dissolution; as jaganmaya, He is the inner reality pervading all, the Pati beyond the changing cosmos.

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

Though describing a battlefield movement, it points to Saguna Śiva whose overwhelming tejas is still the sign of the Nirguna reality; the Liṅga is worshiped as that same all-pervading Lord made accessible for devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva’s all-pervading brilliance while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” visualizing His tejas dissolving fear and tamas; this aligns the mind with the Lord who transcends day, night, and cosmic endings.