Shloka 54

शिवपुराण-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Śiva Purāṇa) / Śivapurāṇa Māhātmya

Devanagari script

कोटिरुद्रं त्रिगुणितमेकादशसहस्रकम् । सहस्रकोटिरुद्रा ख्यमुदितं ग्रंथसंख्यया

Transliteration

koṭirudraṃ triguṇitamekādaśasahasrakam | sahasrakoṭirudrā khyamuditaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā

Translation

In terms of textual count, the Koṭirudra portion is said to be threefold, amounting to eleven thousand verses; and that which is called “Sahasra-koṭi-rudra” is also stated according to the enumeration of the text.

Word by Word

• koṭi-rudram: a crore of Rudras
• koṭi-rudram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कोट्याः रुद्राः इति)

• tri-guṇitam: multiplied threefold
• tri-guṇitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇita (कृदन्त; √guṇ/गुण्? causative sense ‘to multiply’ as past passive participle)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-भावः), विशेषणम्

• ekādaśa-sahasrakam: eleven thousand
• ekādaśa-sahasrakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (एकादश सहस्राणि = 11,000)

• sahasra-koṭi-rudrākh्यम्: called ‘thousand-crore-Rudras’
• sahasra-koṭi-rudrākh्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; ‘…आख्य’ = ‘called/named …’ (विशेषण)

• uditam: declared/said
• uditam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vad (वद्) / √ud-ī?; here udita (कृदन्त, क्त) from √vad/√ud? in sense ‘stated/uttered’
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणम्

• grantha-saṃkhyayā: by the count of the texts
• grantha-saṃkhyayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grantha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ग्रन्थस्य संख्या)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Still within the meta-textual enumeration: Koṭirudra and Sahasra-koṭi-rudra are named as massive textual units, emphasizing immensity through Śaiva numerical idiom.

Significance: The rhetorical vastness (‘koṭi’, ‘sahasra-koṭi’) magnifies Śiva’s inexhaustible manifestations and the purāṇa’s scope, encouraging humility and sustained engagement.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It affirms the Purana’s own scriptural authority by giving an internal enumeration of its sections, reminding devotees that the Shaiva teaching is preserved in a carefully transmitted textual tradition centered on Rudra (Shiva).

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

By highlighting Rudra-designations within the scripture, it points to Saguna Shiva as the accessible focus of devotion described throughout the Purana—especially the Linga-centered modes of worship taught in the Vidyeshvara Saṃhitā.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse itself is about textual enumeration, but its practical takeaway is śravaṇa and pāṭha (listening and recitation) of Shiva Purana sections as a devotional discipline, ideally supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya).