Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 44

जलंधरयुद्धे मायाप्रयोगः — Jalandhara’s Māyā in the Battle with Śiva

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा दैत्यवचनममंगलमतीरितम् । विजहास महादेवाः परमं क्रोधमादधे

Transliteration

tacchrutvā daityavacanamamaṃgalamatīritam | vijahāsa mahādevāḥ paramaṃ krodhamādadhe

Translation

Entendant les paroles du démon, proférées avec une intention de mauvais augure, Mahādeva se mit à rire ; mais, en cet instant même, Il revêtit la colère suprême.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; (श्रुत्वा इत्यस्य कर्म)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (धा॒तु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• daitya-vacanam: the demon's words
• daitya-vacanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya + vacana (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी—‘दैत्यस्य वचनम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• amaṅgalam: inauspicious
• amaṅgalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-समास/निषेध; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (vacanam)

• atīritam: uttered/spoken
• atīritam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati-īr (धा॒तु) + kta
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle—क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (vacanam)

• vijahāsa: laughed
• vijahāsa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-has (धा॒तु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• paramam: supreme/very great
• paramam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (krodham)

• krodham: anger
• krodham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ādadhe: assumed/took up
• ādadhe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-dhā (धा॒तु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: destructive

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Daitya (demon)

FAQs

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

Mahādeva’s laughter shows His inner transcendence (unshaken awareness), while His “supreme wrath” reveals His compassionate, dharma-protecting power that removes adharma and restores cosmic order.

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

The verse highlights Saguna Śiva—active, responsive, and protective—who, though inwardly beyond agitation, outwardly manifests power to subdue evil; this supports devotional worship where the Liṅga signifies the same Supreme who can both bless and restrain.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as both serene and protective by japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), cultivating fearlessness and surrender; offer bhasma (tripuṇḍra) as a reminder that ego and malice are reduced to ash.