Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24

रुद्रस्य रणप्रवेशः तथा दैत्यगणानां बाणवृष्टिः

Rudra Enters the Battlefield; the Daityas’ Arrow-Storm

Devanagari script

ततः क्रोधपरीतात्मा क्रोधाद्रुद्रं जलंधरः । आह्वापयामास रणे तीव्राशनिसमस्वनः

Transliteration

tataḥ krodhaparītātmā krodhādrudraṃ jalaṃdharaḥ | āhvāpayāmāsa raṇe tīvrāśanisamasvanaḥ

Translation

Luego Jalandhara, con el ánimo por completo poseído por la cólera, movido por la ira invocó a Rudra en el campo de batalla, rugiendo con un estruendo como de rayo feroz.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) / Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), उपपद/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): ‘thereupon/then’

• क्रोध-परीत-आत्मा: one whose mind was overcome by anger
• क्रोध-परीत-आत्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + parīta (कृदन्त, √i/√ṛ? ‘to go/cover’ in past passive sense) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहिसमासः—‘क्रोधेन परीतः आत्मा यस्य सः’ (one whose self is enveloped by anger)

• क्रोधात्: from/owing to anger
• क्रोधात्: Hetu (हेतु) / Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative, 5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• जलंधरः: Jalandhara
• जलंधरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jalaṃdhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• आह्वापयामास: summoned, called forth
• आह्वापयामास: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√hvā (धातु) causative āhvāpaya + √as (धातु) periphrastic perfect
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/periphrastic perfect, लिट्-लकार), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); णिच्-प्रयोग (causative): ‘caused to be called/summoned’ = ‘summoned’

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीव्र-आशनि-सम-स्वनः: having a sound like a fierce thunderbolt
• तीव्र-आशनि-सम-स्वनः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of कर्ता (जलंधरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīvra (प्रातिपदिक) + āśani (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + svana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषसमासः (उपमानपूर्वक): ‘तीव्राशनिसमः स्वनः यस्य सः’—thunderbolt-like fierce sound

Speaker

Sūta Goswāmī (narrating the Yuddhakhaṇḍa account to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Shiva)
• Jalandhara

FAQs

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

It highlights how krodha (anger) overtakes the bound soul and drives it toward confrontation with the Divine; Rudra’s presence signifies that the Lord, as Pati, confronts and subdues adharma born of ego and rage.

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

Rudra here is Saguna Shiva—the manifest, protective and fierce form who enters history to restore dharma. The Linga worship trains the devotee to approach Shiva with humility and surrender, not with the asuric impulse to “summon” or challenge Him.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is krodha-śānti through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and Tripuṇḍra-bhasma dhāraṇa, cultivating inner coolness and devotion instead of reactive anger.