Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27

सतीप्राप्तिविषये ब्रह्मरुद्रसंवादः | The Brahmā–Śiva Dialogue on Attaining Satī

Devanagari script

परिवार्याखिलान्देवान्गणांश्च मुनिभिर्यथा । दक्षस्समानयामास गृहाभ्यंतरतश्शिवम्

Transliteration

parivāryākhilāndevāngaṇāṃśca munibhiryathā | dakṣassamānayāmāsa gṛhābhyaṃtarataśśivam

Translation

Ayant dûment rassemblé tous les dieux, les suites d'assistants et les sages, Dakṣa conduisit alors Śiva dans les enceintes intérieures de sa maison, de la manière qui sied aux grands voyants — bien que Śiva, le Seigneur (Pati), demeure à jamais au-delà de tout honneur et déshonneur mondains.

Word by Word

• parivārya: having surrounded/after gathering around
• parivārya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-vṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘परिवार्य’ = having surrounded/after attending around

• akhilān: all, entire
• akhilān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• devān: the gods
• devān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• gaṇān: the groups (attendants)
• gaṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

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

• munibhiḥ: with/by sages
• munibhiḥ: Sahakārī/Karaṇa (सहकारी/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• yathā: as, according to
• yathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/उपमानवाचक अव्यय (as, according to)

• dakṣaḥ: Dakṣa
• dakṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• samānayāmāsa: brought, led (in)
• samānayāmāsa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-nī (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense in stem (आणय) ‘caused to bring/brought together’

• gṛha-abhyantara-taḥ: from inside the house
• gṛha-abhyantara-taḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + abhyantara (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय/अव्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; तत्पुरुष—‘गृहस्य अभ्यन्तरात्’

• śivam: Śiva
• śivam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Daksha
• Devas
• Ganas
• Munis

FAQs

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

It highlights the contrast between worldly protocol and Śiva’s transcendence: even when honored and escorted, Śiva remains the unattached Lord (Pati), teaching the seeker to keep inner steadiness amid external forms.

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

The verse reflects formal, reverential reception—an outer expression of bhakti. In Śaiva practice, such honor is directed to Saguna Śiva (including the Liṅga) as a means to cultivate humility and devotion, while remembering His nirguṇa transcendence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It implies “upacāra” (reverential reception) as a devotional attitude: welcome Śiva inwardly through japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and maintain inner purity—optionally with bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as aids to remembrance.