Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27

हिरण्यकशिपोः क्रोधः तथा देवप्रजाकदनम् — Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Wrath and the Affliction of Devas and Beings

Devanagari script

युगांतकालाग्निसमप्रभावं जगन्मयं किं बहुभिर्वचोभिः । अस्तं रवौसोऽपि हि गच्छतीशो गतोऽसुराणां नगरीं महात्मा

Transliteration

yugāṃtakālāgnisamaprabhāvaṃ jaganmayaṃ kiṃ bahubhirvacobhiḥ | astaṃ ravauso'pi hi gacchatīśo gato'surāṇāṃ nagarīṃ mahātmā

Translation

Son éclat était tel le feu de la fin des âges, et il pénétrait l’univers entier—à quoi bon tant de paroles ? Quand le soleil se coucha, ce Seigneur puissant se mit en route, et le magnanime gagna la cité des Asuras.

Word by Word

• yugānta-kāla-agni-sama-prabhāvam: having power equal to the fire at the end of the age
• yugānta-kāla-agni-sama-prabhāvam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of 'īśam' (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yugānta (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (निर्धारण/उपमान-सम्बन्धः): 'युगान्तकाले (स्थितः) अग्निः' इव समः प्रभावः यस्य

• jagat-mayam: pervading/consisting of the universe
• jagat-mayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of 'īśam' (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुषः—'जगत्-मय' = जगत्-स्वरूप/जगत्-व्याप्त

• kim: what (use is there)
• kim: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), interrogative particle (प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय)

• bahubhiḥ: with many
• bahubhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vacobhiḥ: by words
• vacobhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; 'वचस्' (speech/words)

• astam: to setting (to the west)
• astam: Gati/Karma (गति-लक्ष्य/कर्म) with 'gacchati'
• Type: Noun
• Root: asta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; 'अस्त' = setting (of sun)

• ravau: when the sun (is)
• ravau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; सर्वनाम

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (अपि = also/even)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic particle (निपात)

• gacchati: goes
• gacchati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• īśaḥ: the Lord
• īśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (apposition with 'saḥ')
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• gataḥ: having gone
• gataḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया) (state/result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Kta (क्त) past passive participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; used predicatively

• asurāṇām: of the demons
• asurāṇām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• nagarīm: to the city
• nagarīm: Karma (कर्म) with 'gataḥ'
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd), Singular

• mahātmā: the great-souled one
• mahātmā: Karta (कर्ता) (apposition to 'īśaḥ/saḥ')
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Kālāntaka

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: yugānta (end-of-aeon) fire imagery

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Asuras

FAQs

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

The verse presents Śiva as Īśa whose light equals the pralaya-fire, indicating His supremacy over time and dissolution; as jaganmaya, He is the inner reality pervading all, the Pati beyond the changing cosmos.

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

Though describing a battlefield movement, it points to Saguna Śiva whose overwhelming tejas is still the sign of the Nirguna reality; the Liṅga is worshiped as that same all-pervading Lord made accessible for devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva’s all-pervading brilliance while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” visualizing His tejas dissolving fear and tamas; this aligns the mind with the Lord who transcends day, night, and cosmic endings.