Shloka 25

देवस्तुतिः — Hymn of Praise by the Devas

Devastuti

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां पञ्चमे युद्धखण्डे जलंधरवधोपाख्याने देवस्तुतिवर्णनं नाम पंचविंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcame yuddhakhaṇḍe jalaṃdharavadhopākhyāne devastutivarṇanaṃ nāma paṃcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the twenty-fifth chapter, called “The Description of the Devas’ Hymn,” in the Jalandhara-Slaying episode, within the fifth section, the Yuddha-khaṇḍa, of the second compilation (Rudra-saṃhitā) of the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/quotative (इति-निपात) marking end of section

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); multi-member tatpurusha: 'in the venerable Śiva Mahāpurāṇa'

• द्वितीयायाम्: in the second
• द्वितीयायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with (संहितायाम्) understood

• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Rudra-saṃhitā
• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); tatpurusha: रुद्रस्य संहिता

• पञ्चमे: in the fifth
• पञ्चमे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with खण्डे

• युद्ध-खण्डे: in the Yuddha-khaṇḍa
• युद्ध-खण्डे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); tatpurusha: युद्धस्य खण्डः

• जलंधर-वध-उपाख्याने: in the episode of Jalaṃdhara’s slaying
• जलंधर-वध-उपाख्याने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jalaṃdhara (प्रातिपदिक) + vadha (प्रातिपदिक) + upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); tatpurusha chain: जलंधरस्य वधः; तस्य उपाख्यानम्

• देव-स्तुति-वर्णनम्: (the section called) ‘Description of the Gods’ Hymn’
• देव-स्तुति-वर्णनम्: Viśeṣya/Title (विशेष्य/शीर्षक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + stuti (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); title-compound: 'description of the praise of the gods'

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Indeclinable usage (अव्ययीभाववत्/निपातवत्) meaning 'named/called'

• पञ्च-विंशः: twenty-fifth
• पञ्च-विंशः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu numeral compound = 'twenty-five' qualifying अध्यायः

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Viśeṣya/Title (विशेष्य/Head noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (traditional Purana colophon context, concluding the chapter narration to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon marking the closure of the chapter ‘Devastuti-varṇana’ within the Jalandhara-vadha upākhyāna; functions as textual framing rather than a site-specific sthala narrative.

Significance: Liturgical cue: signals completion (pāṭha-phala/adhyāya-parisamāpti) and invites reflective assimilation of the stuti and its exempla.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Jalandhara
• Devas

FAQs

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

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter focused on the Devas’ praise of Shiva, emphasizing that bhakti expressed through stuti is a recognized Shaiva means of aligning the soul (paśu) with the Lord (Pati) for grace and protection.

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

By naming the chapter as a “devastuti,” it frames Shiva as the approachable Saguna Lord who receives hymns and devotion; such praise is commonly directed to Shiva as Linga and as the personal, compassionate deity who responds to surrender.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is to adopt stuti as a daily practice—reciting Shiva-hymns with devotion (often alongside japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as a simple, Purāṇic method of worship and inner steadiness.