Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 47

शङ्खचूडकस्य राज्याभिषेकः तथा शक्रपुरीं प्रति प्रस्थानम् | Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Coronation and March toward Indra’s City

Devanagari script

सर्वोपरि च यस्यास्ति शिवलोकः परात्परः । यत्र संराजते शंभुः परब्रह्म परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

sarvopari ca yasyāsti śivalokaḥ parātparaḥ | yatra saṃrājate śaṃbhuḥ parabrahma parameśvaraḥ

Translation

Por encima de todos los mundos se alza el supremo Śivaloka, más alto que lo más alto; allí reina Śambhu en plena majestad: Él es el Brahman Supremo, el Señor trascendente de todo.

Word by Word

• sarva-upari: above all
• sarva-upari: Deśa/Adhikaraṇa (देश/अधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + upari (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• śiva-lokaḥ: Śiva’s world (Śivaloka)
• śiva-lokaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य लोकः)

• parāt-paraḥ: supreme beyond the supreme
• parāt-paraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parāt (अव्यय/तद्धित-रूप) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); कर्मधारय (परात् अपि परः = beyond the beyond)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb), देशवाचक (locative ‘where’)

• saṃrājate: reigns splendidly
• saṃrājate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-rāj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• śaṃbhuḥ: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śaṃbhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• para-brahma: the Supreme Brahman
• para-brahma: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); कर्मधारय (परं ब्रह्म)

• parameśvaraḥ: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaraḥ: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); कर्मधारय (परमः ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It proclaims Śivaloka as the supreme, transcendent realm and identifies Śiva (Śambhu) as Parabrahman and Parameśvara—affirming that liberation culminates in the Lord’s highest sovereignty beyond all limited worlds.

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

By calling Śiva both Parabrahman (ultimate reality) and Parameśvara (personal Lord), the verse supports the Shaiva view that Saguna worship—such as Linga-upāsanā—leads the devotee toward realization of the same supreme, transcendent Śiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śambhu as the supreme ruler of Śivaloka while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating bhakti and inner detachment that orient the mind toward the highest abode.