Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 52

दक्षयज्ञ-प्रसङ्गे देवतानां आश्वासनं तथा दण्डविधानम् | Consolation of the Devas and the Ordinance of Consequences in the Dakṣa-Yajña Episode

Devanagari script

इति स्तुत्वा महेशानं परमं च महामुने । कृतांजलिपुटो भूत्वा विनम्रीकृतमस्तकः

Transliteration

iti stutvā maheśānaṃ paramaṃ ca mahāmune | kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā vinamrīkṛtamastakaḥ

Translation

L’ayant ainsi loué, Maheshāna — le Seigneur Suprême —, ô grand sage, il demeura les paumes jointes en vénération, la tête inclinée avec humilité.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/quotative)

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having praised’

• महेशानम्: Maheśāna (Śiva)
• महेशानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—महान् + ईशानः (कर्मधारय)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—महान् + मुनिः (कर्मधारय)

• कृत-अञ्जलि-पुटः: with hands folded (in reverence)
• कृत-अञ्जलि-पुटः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कृतः अञ्जलिपुटः यस्य (सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्रायः; रूढिः ‘hands folded’)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having become’

• विनम्रीकृत-मस्तकः: with head bowed
• विनम्रीकृत-मस्तकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनम्रीकृत (विनम्र + कृ धातु, क्त) + मस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—विनम्रीकृतं मस्तकं यस्य (बहुव्रीहि-भावार्थः, परन्तु रूपतः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्रायः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights the Shaiva path of bhakti: after praising the Supreme Shiva, the devotee completes the act with inner and outer humility—añjali and bowed head—signifying surrender (śaraṇāgati) to Pati, the Lord.

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

The verse describes the standard devotional posture used in Saguna Shiva worship—praise (stuti) followed by añjali—commonly performed before the Shiva Linga as an embodied focus for reverence to the Supreme (Parama) Shiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice añjali (palms joined) with a bowed head after reciting Shiva stotras or the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating humility and one-pointed devotion.