Shloka 11

सृष्टिपद्धतिवर्णनम्

Exposition of the Supreme Method of Creation and the Tirodhāna-Cakra

Devanagari script

महेश्वरसहस्रांशाद्रुद्रमूर्तिरजायत । अघोरवदनाकारस्तेजस्तत्त्वाधिपश्च सः

Transliteration

maheśvarasahasrāṃśādrudramūrtirajāyata | aghoravadanākārastejastattvādhipaśca saḥ

Translation

From a thousandfold ray of Maheshvara, the form of Rudra came into manifestation. He bore the countenance of Aghora and presided as lord over the principle of Tejas, radiant fire.

Word by Word

• महेश्वर-सहस्र-अंशात्: from a thousandth part of Maheśvara
• महेश्वर-सहस्र-अंशात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (महेश्वरस्य सहस्रांशः); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• रुद्र-मूर्तिः: the Rudra-form (manifestation)
• रुद्र-मूर्तिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (रुद्र एव मूर्तिः / रुद्ररूपा मूर्तिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अजायत: was born; arose
• अजायत: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfective past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अघोर-वदन-आकारः: having the form of the Aghora face
• अघोर-वदन-आकारः: Visheshya (विशेष्य/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघोर (प्रातिपदिक) + वदन (प्रातिपदिक) + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (अघोरस्य वदनस्य आकारः / अघोरवदनाकारः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of सः)

• तेजस्-तत्त्व-अधिपः: lord of the Tejas-tattva
• तेजस्-तत्त्व-अधिपः: Visheshya (विशेष्य/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (तेजस्तत्त्वस्य अधिपः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of सः)

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Aghora

FAQs

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

It presents Rudra as a deliberate manifestation of Maheshvara’s radiance, showing that Shiva (Pati) is the source and governor of cosmic principles (tattvas). Aghora indicates Shiva’s fundamentally auspicious nature, even when appearing as powerful Rudra.

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

Rudra’s emergence from Maheshvara’s light supports Saguna worship: devotees approach Shiva through specific forms (like Aghora) and through the Linga as the stable symbol of that same supreme reality manifesting as divine energy and governance of tattvas.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Aghora Shiva as radiant tejas within the heart while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), visualizing inner impurities being burned by divine brilliance—an inward, yogic complement to external Shaiva worship.