Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 42

सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle

Devanagari script

भक्तहेतोरहं देवि कालं क्रोधपरिप्लुतः । अदहं वह्निना नेत्रभवेन निजरक्षकः

Transliteration

bhaktahetorahaṃ devi kālaṃ krodhapariplutaḥ | adahaṃ vahninā netrabhavena nijarakṣakaḥ

Translation

Ô Devī, pour l’amour de Mon dévot, Moi—submergé de colère—j’ai brûlé Kāla (la Mort/le Temps) par le feu jailli de Mon œil, demeurant Mon propre protecteur.

Word by Word

• भक्त-हेतोः: for the sake of the devotee(s)
• भक्त-हेतोः: Hetu (हेतु/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; प्रयोजन/अर्थे (for the sake of devotees)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• कालम्: Time (personified Kāla)
• कालम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• क्रोध-परिप्लुतः: overwhelmed by anger
• क्रोध-परिप्लुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + परिप्लुत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √प्लु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण (of अहम्)

• अदहम्: I burned
• अदहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दह् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/लङ्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वह्निना: with fire
• वह्निना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• नेत्र-भवेन: born from (my) eye
• नेत्र-भवेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भव (प्रातिपदिक; from √भू)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of वह्निना)

• निज-रक्षकः: (as) my own protector
• निज-रक्षकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक) + रक्षक (प्रातिपदिक; from √रक्ष्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (of अहम्)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Kālāntaka

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Kala

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva as the supreme Pati who transcends Kāla (time/death) and intervenes for the devotee; bhakti draws forth divine protection, showing that liberation is ultimately under Shiva’s grace.

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

Though Shiva is beyond attributes, the verse highlights his Saguna, compassionate lordship—worship of the Linga is devotion to that very protector who can subdue fear, death, and limitation for the devotee.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is bhakti-based japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders of Shiva’s supremacy over Kāla and the devotee’s refuge in him.