Shloka 60

रुद्राक्ष-माहात्म्य

Rudrākṣa Māhātmya — The Greatness of Rudraksha

Devanagari script

त्रिपुंड्रेण च संयुक्तं रुद्रा क्षाविलसांगकम् । मृत्युंजयं जपंतं च दृष्ट्वा रुद्र फलं लभेत्

Transliteration

tripuṃḍreṇa ca saṃyuktaṃ rudrā kṣāvilasāṃgakam | mṛtyuṃjayaṃ japaṃtaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā rudra phalaṃ labhet

Translation

Seeing a devotee adorned with the Tripuṇḍra of sacred ash, wearing Rudrākṣa beads that beautify the limbs, and engaged in the japa of the Mṛtyuñjaya mantra—one attains the fruit (merit and grace) of Rudra.

Word by Word

• त्रिपुण्ड्रेण: with the tripuṇḍra (three ash-marks)
• त्रिपुण्ड्रेण: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + पुण्ड्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (त्रयः पुण्ड्राः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पुण्ड्र-शब्दः प्रायः नपुंसक); तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• संयुक्तम्: joined/marked (with)
• संयुक्तम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) → संयुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (here as adjective to understood 'देहम्/अङ्गम्')

• रुद्र: O Rudra
• रुद्र: सम्बोधन (Address/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• क्षाविलसाङ्गकम्: having limbs smeared/soiled with ash
• क्षाविलसाङ्गकम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्ष + अविल + अङ्गक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (क्षेण अविलम् अङ्गकं यस्य/यत्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा; एकवचन (qualifying understood object/person)

• मृत्युञ्जयम्: Mṛtyuñjaya (the death-conqueror mantra/name)
• मृत्युञ्जयम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु + जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मृत्युम् जयति इति/मृत्योः जयः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• जपन्तम्: chanting
• जपन्तम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप् (धातु) → जपत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (पूर्वकाले क्रिया/Absolutive relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); अव्ययभाव

• रुद्र: O Rudra
• रुद्र: सम्बोधन (Address/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Mrityunjaya

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that Shiva’s grace (Rudra-phala) is so accessible that even reverently beholding a true Shaiva—marked by Tripuṇḍra, Rudrākṣa, and Mṛtyuñjaya-japa—becomes a channel for merit and inner purification.

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

Tripuṇḍra (bhasma), Rudrākṣa, and mantra-japa are external and internal signs of Saguna Shiva-bhakti centered on Rudra/Śiva; they support focused devotion that naturally culminates in reverence for the Liṅga as Shiva’s worshipful presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adorn the Tripuṇḍra with sacred ash, wear Rudrākṣa, and perform steady japa of the Mṛtyuñjaya mantra; the verse also implies honoring and keeping the company (darśana/saṅga) of such devotees.