Shloka 59

Devanagari script

शतरुद्राभिदा चेयम्वर्णिता संहिता मया । शतावतारसत्कीर्तिस्सर्वकामफलप्रदा

Transliteration

śatarudrābhidā ceyamvarṇitā saṃhitā mayā | śatāvatārasatkīrtissarvakāmaphalapradā

Translation

Thus have I narrated this Saṃhitā known as the Śatarudra. It proclaims the sacred glory of Śiva’s hundred manifestations and bestows the fruits of all righteous aspirations.

Word by Word

• शतरुद्राभिदा: named 'Śatarudra'
• शतरुद्राभिदा: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतरुद्र + अभिदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (नामनिर्देश: 'called Śatarudra'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'saṃhitā' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'saṃhitā' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• वर्णिता: described
• वर्णिता: कर्म-विशेषण (predicate adjective of 'saṃhitā')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ण् (धातु) → वर्णित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि भावः

• संहिता: compendium/saṃhitā
• संहिता: कर्म (Karma/patient in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्ता (Karta/agent in passive: 'by me')
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• शतावतारसत्कीर्तिः: the noble fame of a hundred incarnations
• शतावतारसत्कीर्तिः: कर्ता (Karta/subject of implied 'asti')
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + अवतार + सत् + कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष समास (शत-अवतारस्य सत्-कीर्तिः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सर्वकामफलप्रदा: bestowing the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदा: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + फल + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास ('giver of the fruits of all desires'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'kīrtiḥ' इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Rudra

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophonic self-identification: Sūta declares he has completed the Śatarudra-saṃhitā, characterized as praise of Śiva’s many manifestations and as granting the fruits of all legitimate desires.

Significance: Positions the entire Śatarudra-saṃhitā as a merit-bestowing ‘kīrti’ (praise) that supports dharmic aims and culminates in higher good; functions as textual tīrtha and vrata-supporting scripture.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It serves as a phala-shruti: hearing and reverently receiving the praise of Shiva’s many manifestations purifies the devotee and supports dharmic aims, ultimately orienting the mind toward Shiva as Pati (the Lord) who grants grace.

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

By affirming the glory of Shiva’s manifested forms, it validates Saguna-upasana—devotion through names, forms, and narratives—commonly centered on the Shiva-Linga as the accessible focus through which the formless (Nirguna) is approached.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Shravana and kirtana (listening and recitation) of this Saṃhitā as a vow—especially on Mahashivratri—along with simple Shiva worship (Linga abhisheka, Panchakshara japa ‘Om Namaḥ Śivāya’, and Tripundra/bhasma observance where appropriate).