Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 49

दक्षयज्ञे सत्या अपमानबोधः — Satī Encounters Disrespect at Dakṣa’s Sacrifice

Devanagari script

यत्पादपद्मं महतां मनोऽलिसुनिषेवितम् । सर्वार्थदं ब्रह्मरसैः सर्वार्थिभिरथादरात्

Transliteration

yatpādapadmaṃ mahatāṃ mano'lisuniṣevitam | sarvārthadaṃ brahmarasaiḥ sarvārthibhirathādarāt

Translation

Ce lotus de Ses pieds—servi avec assiduité par les esprits des grands, tels des abeilles—accorde tout but digne ; aussi tous les chercheurs, ayant goûté la béatitude du Brahman, le révèrent-ils avec un soin dévot.

Word by Word

• यत्: which/whose
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सम्बन्धी (relative pronoun)

• पादपद्मम्: lotus-feet
• पादपद्मम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद-पद्म (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पादस्य पद्मम्’

• महताम्: of the great (souls)
• महताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अलि: bee
• अलि: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपमान-प्रयोगे (as ‘bee’)

• सुनिषेवितम्: well-attended/assiduously served
• सुनिषेवितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-नि-सेव् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• सर्वार्थदम्: granting all goals
• सर्वार्थदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-अर्थ-द (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सर्वान् अर्थान् ददाति’ (giver of all aims)

• ब्रह्मरसैः: by/with the nectar of Brahman (spiritual bliss)
• ब्रह्मरसैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-रस (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; ‘ब्रह्मणः रसाः’

• सर्वार्थिभिः: by all seekers (of aims)
• सर्वार्थिभिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), बहुवचन; ‘सर्वार्थं इच्छन्ति’

• अथ: then/and
• अथ: Discourse marker (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तर-अव्यय (conjunctive/then)

• आदरात्: out of reverence
• आदरात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; हेतौ (as cause: ‘out of reverence’)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the glory of Śiva to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, within the Satīkhaṇḍa context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that the highest refuge is Śiva’s lotus feet: the realized and the earnest seeker alike attain all true aims—dharma, artha, kāma refined by righteousness, and ultimately mokṣa—through reverent devotion and inner absorption.

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

In Purāṇic Śaiva practice, the Liṅga is the accessible (saguṇa) focus through which one approaches the transcendent (nirguṇa) reality; this verse emphasizes that worship culminating in surrender at Śiva’s feet grants both worldly welfare and liberation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Single-pointed contemplation and devoted service (sevā) to Śiva—especially Liṅga-pūjā with mantra-japa such as the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—is implied as the practical means to “taste” brahma-rasa and receive sarvārtha (all worthy attainments).