Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 29

शिवतेजसः समुद्रे बालरूपप्रादुर्भावः (Śiva’s Tejas Manifesting as a Child in the Ocean)

Devanagari script

पतिव्रतास्य भविता पत्नी सौभाग्यवर्द्धिनी । सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरी रम्या प्रियवाक्छीलसागरा

Transliteration

pativratāsya bhavitā patnī saubhāgyavarddhinī | sarvāṅgasundarī ramyā priyavākchīlasāgarā

Translation

She will be a devoted, chaste wife, increasing her husband’s good fortune. Beautiful in every limb and truly charming, she will be an ocean of pleasing speech and noble conduct.

Word by Word

• pati-vratā: devoted to her husband
• pati-vratā: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक) + vratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: patim prati vratā / pativratā (devoted to husband)

• asya: of him; his
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhavitā: will be
• bhavitā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Future active participle (लृट्-अर्थे तृ/तार्-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘भविता’), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively ‘will be’

• patnī: wife
• patnī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• saubhāgya-varddhinī: increasing good fortune
• saubhāgya-varddhinī: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + varddhinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: saubhāgyasya varddhinī = increaser of good fortune

• sarva-aṅga-sundarī: beautiful in every limb
• sarva-aṅga-sundarī: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: sarveṣv aṅgeṣu sundarī = beautiful in all limbs

• ramyā: lovely
• ramyā: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• priya-vāk-śīla-sāgarā: an ocean of pleasing speech and good conduct
• priya-vāk-śīla-sāgarā: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक) + vāk (प्रातिपदिक) + śīla (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहि: yasyāḥ priyaṃ vāk ca śīlaṃ ca (sāgara-iva) = whose speech and conduct are like an ocean of pleasantness/virtue

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana account to the sages, conveying the description given in the Yuddhakhaṇḍa narrative)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

FAQs

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

It upholds dharmic household life as a support for spiritual growth: purity of intention, sweet speech, and steadfast virtue are praised as śakti-like qualities that sustain harmony and aid devotion to Shiva.

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

In Shaiva practice, inner purity and ethical conduct are considered foundational offerings; a harmonious, dharmic life strengthens bhakti and steadiness in Saguna Shiva worship, including Linga-pūjā.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is sāttvika discipline—truthful, pleasing speech and virtuous conduct—along with steady daily Shiva remembrance (e.g., japa of the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as the household’s spiritual anchor.