Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 54

देव्याः क्रोधः शक्तिनिर्माणं च

Devī’s Wrath and the Manifestation of the Śaktis

Devanagari script

यस्मात्त्वत्तेजसस्सर्वे वयं जाता महात्मनः । त्वत्तेजस्तत्समायातु वेदमंत्राभियोगतः

Transliteration

yasmāttvattejasassarve vayaṃ jātā mahātmanaḥ | tvattejastatsamāyātu vedamaṃtrābhiyogataḥ

Translation

O great-souled Lord, since we have all been born from Your divine radiance, let that very radiance of Yours now return and be reabsorbed—through the efficacious power of Vedic mantras.

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: from which/from whom
• यस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• त्वत्-तेजसः: from your radiance
• त्वत्-तेजसः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘त्वत्तेजस्’ = ‘your splendor’; पञ्चमी, एकवचन (त्वत्तेजसः = ‘from your splendor’)

• सर्वे: all (of us)
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• जाताः: were born/arose
• जाताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘have been born/arisen’

• महात्मनः: O great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (O great-souled one)

• त्वत्-तेजः: your radiance
• त्वत्-तेजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘your radiance’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्: that (same)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ

• सम्-आयातु: may it come/return
• सम्-आयातु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वेद-मन्त्र-अभियोगतः: through the employment of Vedic mantras
• वेद-मन्त्र-अभियोगतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अभियोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभूत (ablatival adverb): ‘by/through the application/recitation of Vedic mantras’

Speaker

Devas (gods) invoking Shiva’s tejas through Vedic mantras

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse affirms Shiva as the primal source of all manifested powers (tejas) and teaches that what arises from Him ultimately returns to Him—highlighting Pati (Shiva) as the ground of origin and dissolution, in harmony with Shaiva Siddhanta.

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

Invoking Shiva’s tejas through mantra aligns with Saguna upasana: devotees approach the formless (Nirguna) reality via a worshipful focus—often the Shiva Linga—so that grace and power are gathered and centered in Shiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Vedic mantra-japa (and by extension Panchakshara japa) with focused intention to invoke and internalize Shiva’s tejas—performed with purity, steady breath, and devotion—so the mind re-centers in Shiva.