Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 22

शङ्खचूडस्य मायायुद्धं तथा माहेश्वरास्त्रप्रभावः | Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Māyā-Warfare and the Power of the Māheśvara Astra

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे शंभुमीरयन् स्ववचः प्रभुः । शंखचूडवधार्थाय शूलं जग्राह प्रज्वलत्

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare śaṃbhumīrayan svavacaḥ prabhuḥ | śaṃkhacūḍavadhārthāya śūlaṃ jagrāha prajvalat

Translation

Entretanto, el Señor, proclamando su propio mandato decisivo, empuñó su tridente llameante para dar muerte a Śaṅkhacūḍa.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• अन्तरे: in the interval
• अन्तरे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative of time/interval

• शम्भुम्: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ईरयन्: uttering / addressing
• ईरयन्: कर्ता (Kartā/Agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईरय् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; agreeing with ‘प्रभुः’

• स्व-वचः: his own words
• स्व-वचः: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘स्वस्य वचः’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• शङ्खचूड-वध-अर्थाय: for the purpose of killing Śaṅkhacūḍa
• शङ्खचूड-वध-अर्थाय: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Purpose-Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्खचूड (प्रातिपदिक) + वध (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: (1) शङ्खचूडस्य वधः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + (2) वधस्य अर्थः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); दत्तिविभक्ति: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; purpose dative

• शूलम्: the trident
• शूलम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• जग्राह: took / seized
• जग्राह: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपदी; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• प्रज्वलत्: blazing
• प्रज्वलत्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with ‘शूलम्’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Tripurāntaka

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shambhu
• Shankhachuda

FAQs

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

It portrays Śiva as Pati—the sovereign Lord whose will protects dharma; His act of taking the trident symbolizes the decisive removal of adharma so devotees may return to right order and spiritual clarity.

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

Though the Liṅga points to the transcendent (nirguṇa) reality, this verse highlights Saguna Śiva—who actively intervenes in the world—affirming that devotion includes trusting the Lord’s protective and corrective grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva’s Trishula as inner purification—chant the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” while visualizing ignorance and harmful tendencies being cut away by the Lord’s blazing power.