Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 2

अध्याय ५५ — बाणस्य पुनर्युद्धप्रवृत्तिः

Bāṇa’s Renewed Engagement in Battle

Devanagari script

जृंभिते जृंभणास्त्रेण हरिणा समरे हरे । हते बाणबले बाणः किमकार्षीच्च तद्वद

Transliteration

jṛṃbhite jṛṃbhaṇāstreṇa hariṇā samare hare | hate bāṇabale bāṇaḥ kimakārṣīcca tadvada

Translation

Als Hari im Kampf Hara mit der Jṛmbhaṇa-Waffe schlug und Hara zum Gähnen und Wanken gebracht wurde, was tat Bāṇa dann – als die Macht von Bāṇas Heer vernichtet war? Berichte auch das.

Word by Word

• जृंभिते: when (it) was expanded / in the state of being opened
• जृंभिते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जृम्भ् (धातु) → जृंभित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘जृंभिते’ = ‘when (it/one) was made to yawn/expanded’; लोके सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• जृंभणास्त्रेण: with the Jṛmbhaṇa weapon
• जृंभणास्त्रेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जृंभण + अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जृंभणस्य अस्त्रम्)

• हरिणा: by Hari
• हरिणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• हरे: O Hari
• हरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• हते: when (it/they) was/were slain
• हते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP); लोके सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• बाणबले: when the power of the arrows (was destroyed)
• बाणबले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (बाणस्य बलम्)

• बाणः: Bāṇa (the demon)
• बाणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• अकार्षीत्: did
• अकार्षीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Imperfect aorist); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• वद: tell (me)
• वद: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the battle account to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, with a rhetorical/continuative narration style)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu
• Bana

FAQs

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

It frames the battle as a divinely ordered episode: even when Shiva appears momentarily affected by an astric force, the narrative underscores that such events occur within the play of Saguna divinity, while Shiva remains the supreme Pati beyond limitation in essence.

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

The verse highlights Saguna Shiva (Hara) participating in cosmic action and receiving honor even amid conflict; Linga-worship in Shaiva tradition reveres Shiva as the unshaken inner reality (Nirguna) while also accepting his manifest roles (Saguna) in protecting cosmic order.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is steadiness in japa during life’s ‘battle’: repeating the Panchākṣarī—Om Namaḥ Śivāya—while wearing Rudrākṣa and applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) cultivates inner composure when the mind ‘staggers’ like in the verse.