Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 15

सतीविरहानन्तरं शम्भोश्चरितम् / Śiva’s Conduct After Satī’s Separation

Devanagari script

चतुर्भुजोऽरुणाकारो रमणीयाकृतिर्मुने । अलौकिकद्युतिः श्रीमांस्तेजस्वी परदुस्सहः

Transliteration

caturbhujo'ruṇākāro ramaṇīyākṛtirmune | alaukikadyutiḥ śrīmāṃstejasvī paradussahaḥ

Translation

Ô sage, il avait quatre bras et une teinte rouge d’aurore, d’une forme des plus ravissantes. Sa splendeur était d’un autre monde ; il était de bon augure et resplendissant, flamboyant de tejas, difficile à soutenir pour autrui.

Word by Word

• चतुर्-भुजः: four-armed
• चतुर्-भुजः: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक) + bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-तत्पुरुषसदृशः (संख्यापूर्वपद: four-armed)

• अरुण-आकारः: of reddish form
• अरुण-आकारः: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aruṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (aruṇaḥ ākāraḥ = reddish form)

• रमणीय-आकृतिः: of lovely appearance
• रमणीय-आकृतिः: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramaṇīya (प्रातिपदिक) + ākṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (ramaṇīyā ākṛtiḥ = lovely appearance)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• अलौकिक-द्युतिः: with unworldly radiance
• अलौकिक-द्युतिः: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alaukika (प्रातिपदिक) + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (alaukikā dyutiḥ = unworldly radiance)

• श्रीमान्: splendid, fortunate
• श्रीमान्: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessing splendor/fortune)

• तेजस्वी: radiant, powerful
• तेजस्वी: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tejasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पर-दुःसहः: unbearable to others, formidable
• पर-दुःसहः: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥsaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (paraiḥ duḥsahaḥ = unbearable to others)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It glorifies the Saguna manifestation of the Lord—beautiful, auspicious, and filled with transcendent tejas—indicating that divine presence purifies the mind and draws the devotee toward grace and liberation.

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

The verse supports Saguna-upasana (devotional contemplation of form): just as the Linga is worshipped as Shiva’s accessible presence, the Lord’s radiant form is also meditated upon as a doorway to realizing his supreme nature beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Dhyana on Shiva’s luminous form while repeating the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” ideally with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and rudrāksha as Shaiva markers of remembrance and discipline.