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Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तद्यज्ञे ध्वंसितुं वेगात्सन्नद्धास्तु भयावहाः । तिरस्कृता हि भृगुणा स्वप्रभावाद्विरोधिना

Transliteration

tadyajñe dhvaṃsituṃ vegātsannaddhāstu bhayāvahāḥ | tiraskṛtā hi bhṛguṇā svaprabhāvādvirodhinā

Translation

Pour anéantir ce sacrifice, ils s’élancèrent avec une grande vitesse, entièrement armés et terrifiants. Car ils avaient été insultés par Bhṛgu, dont la puissance propre faisait de lui une force d’opposition.

Word by Word
तत्in that
तत्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — ‘in that’ (qualifying yajñe)
यज्ञेin the sacrifice
यज्ञे:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘in the sacrifice’
ध्वंसितुम्to destroy
ध्वंसितुम्:
प्रयोजन (Purpose)
TypeVerb
Rootध्वंस् (धातु) → ध्वंसितुम् (कृदन्त)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त infinitive (भावे), ‘to destroy’
वेगात्with force; impetuously
वेगात्:
हेतु (Hetu/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootवेग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — Ablative ‘from/with force, impetuously’ (cause/manner)
सन्नद्धाःarmed; prepared
सन्नद्धाः:
कर्तृविशेषण (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्+नह् (धातु) → सन्नद्ध (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘armed/arrayed’
तुindeed/but
तु:
सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषबोधक अव्यय (particle ‘but/indeed’)
भयावहाःterrifying
भयावहाः:
कर्तृविशेषण (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootभयावह (प्रातिपदिक: भय+आवह)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘fear-causing’
तिरस्कृताःwere insulted/repulsed
तिरस्कृताः:
कर्ता (Kartā/Subject, in passive sense ‘were’)
TypeAdjective
Rootतिरस्+कृ (धातु) → तिरस्कृत (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘insulted/repulsed’
हिindeed/for
हि:
सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formहेतौ/निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (particle ‘indeed/for’)
भृगुणाby Bhṛgu
भृगुणा:
करण (Karaṇa/Agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootभृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — ‘by Bhṛgu’
स्वप्रभावात्due to his own power
स्वप्रभावात्:
हेतु (Hetu/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक: स्व+प्रभाव)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — Ablative ‘from (his) own power/nature’
विरोधिना(as) an opponent/hostile one
विरोधिना:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument; appositional)
TypeAdjective
Rootविरोधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental ‘by/with an opponent/hostile one’ (qualifying Bhṛgu)
Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: destructive

Characters & Entities
B
Bhṛgu
D
Dakṣa

FAQs

The verse highlights how disrespect and ego within ritual (yajña) turn sacred action into bondage; when dharma is distorted by hostility toward Śiva and His side, the very sacrifice becomes fit for destruction, teaching that inner reverence and right devotion are essential.

Dakṣa’s sacrificial pride is contrasted with the Shaiva ideal of honoring Śiva as the living Lord (Saguna Śiva) who receives worship through the Liṅga; insulting Śiva’s presence or His devotees undermines the efficacy of ritual and severs it from grace.

The practical takeaway is to perform worship with humility—begin with Śiva-smaraṇa and pañcākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and maintain reverence toward Śiva-bhaktas; ritual without this inner posture can become spiritually counterproductive.

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