Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 46

रुद्रस्य रणप्रवेशः तथा दैत्यगणानां बाणवृष्टिः

Rudra Enters the Battlefield; the Daityas’ Arrow-Storm

Devanagari script

पार्वत्युवाच । विष्णो जलंधरो दैत्यः कृतवान्परमाद्भुतम् । तत्किं न विदितं तेऽस्ति चेष्टितं तस्य दुर्मतेः

Transliteration

pārvatyuvāca | viṣṇo jalaṃdharo daityaḥ kṛtavānparamādbhutam | tatkiṃ na viditaṃ te'sti ceṣṭitaṃ tasya durmateḥ

Translation

Pārvatī said: “O Viṣṇu, the demon Jalandhara has performed deeds that are exceedingly astonishing. Is there anything at all—any act of that evil-minded one—that is not known to you?”

Word by Word

• पार्वती: Parvati
• पार्वती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• विष्णो: O Vishnu
• विष्णो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जलंधरः: Jalandhara
• जलंधरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलंधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दैत्यः: the demon (Daitya)
• दैत्यः: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘जलंधरः’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन्

• कृतवान्: has done
• कृतवान्: Kriyā (क्रिया; finite sense with implied ‘अस्ति’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृतवत् (कृदन्त; क्तवतुँ/परिपूर्णकृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवतुँ-प्रत्ययान्त (perfective participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परोक्षभूतार्थे (having done)

• परम-अद्भुतम्: a most wondrous (deed)
• परम-अद्भुतम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: ‘परमं अद्भुतम्’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object; ‘that’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Singular)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• विदितम्: known
• विदितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Predicate with ‘asti’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विदित (कृदन्त; √विद्, क्त/भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ज्ञातम्/known’

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Dative; ‘to you’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4th/6th; Dative/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• चेष्टितम्: the deed/act
• चेष्टितम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement; ‘the deed is known’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेष्टित (कृदन्त; √चेष्ट्, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘conduct/deed’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुर्मतेः: of the evil-minded one
• दुर्मतेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive; appositive to ‘tasya’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Parvati

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Vishnu
• Jalandhara

FAQs

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

The verse highlights that extraordinary power in an adharmic being can still be fully known and contained within divine order; in Shaiva understanding, Pati (the Lord) ultimately governs outcomes, while the Devas act as instruments within that cosmic governance.

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

Though addressed to Viṣṇu, the Yuddhakhaṇḍa narrative frames demonic pride as opposition to the Lord’s dharma; Linga/Saguṇa-Śiva worship is presented in the Purāṇa as the stabilizing refuge that restores order when adharma becomes 'astonishingly' powerful.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is vigilant self-examination to avoid durmati (corrupt intention), supported by daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” and the disciplined use of bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) or rudrākṣa as reminders of dharma and humility.