Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ये पूजयंतस्तत्रापि दैत्या रुद्रं सबांधवाः । गाणपत्यं ययुस्सर्वे शिवपूजावि धेर्बलात्

Transliteration

ye pūjayaṃtastatrāpi daityā rudraṃ sabāṃdhavāḥ | gāṇapatyaṃ yayussarve śivapūjāvi dherbalāt

Translation

Là même, ces Daityas, avec leurs proches, se mirent à vénérer Rudra; et, sous la force impérieuse de la discipline prescrite du culte de Śiva, ils entrèrent tous dans la voie gaṇapatya, la dévotion à Gaṇeśa comme chef des gaṇas de Śiva.

Word by Word

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• pūjayantaḥ: worshipping
• pūjayantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज् धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) ‘also/even’

• daityāḥ: Daityas (demons)
• daityāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• rudram: Rudra
• rudram: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• sa-bāndhavāḥ: together with (their) kinsmen
• sa-bāndhavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/agent-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास ‘सह बान्धवैः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (daityāḥ)

• gāṇapatyam: the state/realm of Gaṇapati
• gāṇapatyam: Karma (कर्म/goal-object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāṇapatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गन्तव्य/प्राप्तव्य-स्थानार्थे

• yayuḥ: went
• yayuḥ: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता/subject-qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘all’ (daityāḥ)

• śiva-pūjā-vidheḥ: of the ordinance/rule of Śiva-worship
• śiva-pūjā-vidheḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/source/related cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) ‘शिवस्य पूजायाः विधिः’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• balāt: by force, due to compulsion
• balāt: Hetu (हेतु/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘बलात्’ = बलपूर्वकं (by force/compulsion)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Ganesha
• Daityas

FAQs

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

It highlights the purifying, transformative force of Śiva-pūjā: even hostile Daityas become inclined toward devotion when they come under the influence of Rudra’s worship and its ordained discipline.

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

Rudra here is Saguna Śiva—approached through prescribed worship (vidhi). In the Shiva Purana, such vidhi commonly includes Linga-oriented devotion that channels the devotee from outer ritual into inner surrender to Pati (Śiva).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Follow Śiva-pūjā-vidhi with steadiness—japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), offerings to the Linga, and a disciplined devotional routine—since the verse stresses the ‘balāt’ (compelling efficacy) of properly performed worship.