Shloka 22

एकादशरुद्रावतारकथनम् / Account of the Eleven Rudra Manifestations

Rudrāvatāras

Devanagari script

नंदीश्वर उवाच । इत्युक्तस्स तु सर्वेशस्तथेति प्रोच्य शंकरः । पश्यतस्तस्य भगवांस्तत्रैवांतर्दधे हरः

Transliteration

naṃdīśvara uvāca | ityuktassa tu sarveśastatheti procya śaṃkaraḥ | paśyatastasya bhagavāṃstatraivāṃtardadhe haraḥ

Translation

Nandīśvara said: Thus addressed, the Lord of all replied, “So be it.” Having spoken thus, Śaṅkara—Bhagavān Hara—vanished right there, even as he was being watched.

Word by Word

• नन्दीश्वरः: Nandīśvara
• नन्दीश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative)

• उक्तः: having been addressed
• उक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘having been addressed/spoken to’

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

• तु: then/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• सर्वेशः: Lord of all
• सर्वेशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां ईशः)

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Kriya-Visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative)

• प्रोच्य: having said
• प्रोच्य: Kriya-Visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-प्राय अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘प्रोच्य’ = having said/uttered

• शंकरः: Shankara
• शंकरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पश्यतः: while (he) was watching / of the watcher
• पश्यतः: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘of (him) who was seeing’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: just/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• अन्तर्दधे: disappeared/vanished
• अन्तर्दधे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्-धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Nandīśvara (Nandi)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: तथेति

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shankara
• Hara
• Nandi

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva as Sarveśvara whose presence is not bound by ordinary sight; He reveals and withdraws by His grace, teaching devotion and surrender rather than reliance on mere sensory proof.

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

Even when the personal Lord (Saguna Śiva) becomes unseen, the devotee can continue worship through stable forms like the Śiva-liṅga, where His accessible presence is ritually invoked and contemplated.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice steady remembrance (smaraṇa) with japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” accepting that visions may come and go, while devotion remains continuous.