Shloka 32

Svagati-varṇana

Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment

Devanagari script

तथा च लोकपालानामस्त्राण्येतानि यानि च । अद्राक्षं तानि सर्वाणि भगवद्रुद्रपार्श्वतः

Transliteration

tathā ca lokapālānāmastrāṇyetāni yāni ca | adrākṣaṃ tāni sarvāṇi bhagavadrudrapārśvataḥ

Translation

Likewise, all the weapons belonging to the Lokapālas, the guardians of the worlds—I saw them all stationed at the side of Bhagavān Rudra.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• लोकपालानाम्: of the guardians of the worlds
• लोकपालानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल (प्रातिपदिक) = लोक + पाल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive plural)

• अस्त्राणि: weapons
• अस्त्राणि: Karma (कर्म/दृष्ट-वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-विशेषण (relative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• अद्राक्षम्: I saw
• अद्राक्षम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/लुङ्), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म-निर्देशक (demonstrative)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• भगवत्-रुद्र-पार्श्वतः: from the side of Lord Rudra
• भगवत्-रुद्र-पार्श्वतः: Apādāna (अपादान/तसिलर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पार्श्वतः = तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'from/at the side of'); समास: भगवद्रुद्र (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + पार्श्व (सम्बन्ध)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Lokapalas

FAQs

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

It highlights Rudra as the supreme Pati (Lord), in whom even the protective powers of the Lokapālas are gathered—teaching that ultimate refuge and protection are in Śiva, not merely in subsidiary cosmic authorities.

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

Seeing all divine weapons near Bhagavān Rudra supports Saguna Śiva worship—approaching Śiva as the personal Lord who holds and transcends all powers; in Linga worship, this same supremacy is revered in the symbol of the all-pervading Lord.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) through japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” meditating on Śiva as the inner protector beyond all external safeguards.