Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 16

गिलासुर-आक्रमणम् तथा शिवसैन्य-समाह्वानम् — The Assault of Gila and Śiva’s Mobilization

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठाद्यैश्शप्तो भुवनपतिभिस्सप्तमुनिभिस्तथाभूते भूयस्त्वमिति सुचिरं दैत्यसहितः

Transliteration

vasiṣṭhādyaiśśapto bhuvanapatibhissaptamunibhistathābhūte bhūyastvamiti suciraṃ daityasahitaḥ

Translation

Maudit par Vasiṣṭha et les autres sages, et de même par les seigneurs protecteurs du monde ainsi que par les Sept Ṛṣi, il demeura longtemps en cet état, accompagné des Daitya, songeant : «De nouveau je me relèverai (et je reviendrai).»

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठ-आद्यैः: by Vasiṣṭha and others
• वसिष्ठ-आद्यैः: Karaṇa/Agent (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: ‘वसिष्ठः आदिः येषाम्’ (Vasiṣṭha and others); पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• शप्तः: cursed
• शप्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP): ‘cursed’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (त्वम्/सः) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भुवन-पतिभिः: by the lords of the worlds
• भुवन-पतिभिः: Karaṇa/Agent (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘भुवनानां पतयः’; पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सप्त-मुनिभिः: by the seven sages
• सप्त-मुनिभिः: Karaṇa/Agent (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या, प्रातिपदिक) + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास: ‘सप्त मुनयः’; पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• अभूते: when it was so / in that condition
• अभूते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: भूत (PPP) from भू; सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘तथाभूते’ = ‘in such a state/when it was so’

• भूयः: again / further
• भूयः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again/further)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्ति सूचक (quotative)

• सु-चिरम्: for a very long time
• सु-चिरम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे (adverbial use): ‘very long (time)’

• दैत्य-सहितः: together with the Daityas
• दैत्य-सहितः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: ‘दैत्यैः सहितः’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Saptarṣi
• Daityas

FAQs

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

The verse highlights the Shaiva principle that adharma inevitably ripens into bondage through karma: even powerful beings are restrained by the tapas and truth of ṛṣis. In Shaiva Siddhānta terms, worldly power cannot override the moral order; only turning toward Pati (Śiva) dissolves the deeper fetters.

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

By showing the limits of demonic ambition (“I will rise again”), the verse implicitly points to Saguna Śiva as the supreme regulator of dharma whose grace alone stabilizes the worlds. Linga-worship in the Purāṇa is presented as aligning oneself with that divine order rather than resisting it through ego and violence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is humility and repentance supported by Shiva-upāsanā: japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and regular Tripuṇḍra-bhasma application to cultivate surrender, reducing the tendency to repeat harmful resolve (“again I will return”).