Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14

दक्षस्य प्रजावृद्ध्युपायः — Dakṣa’s Means for Increasing Progeny

Devanagari script

तदुपस्पर्शनादेव प्रोत्पन्नमतयोऽ भवन् । धर्मे पारमहंसे च विनिर्द्धूतमलाशयाः

Transliteration

tadupasparśanādeva protpannamatayo' bhavan | dharme pāramahaṃse ca vinirddhūtamalāśayāḥ

Translation

उसके केवल स्पर्श से ही उनकी बुद्धि जाग उठी। अंतर्मल धुल गए और वे धर्म में तथा परमहंस-मार्ग में दृढ़ हुए—मोक्षदायक प्रभु शिव में एकनिष्ठ।

Word by Word

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (in compound relation)

• उपस्पर्शनात्: from (the) touching/approach
• उपस्पर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; उप+स्पृश् धातोः भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; भाववाचक (act of touching/approach)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• प्रोत्पन्नमतयः: those whose minds/understanding arose
• प्रोत्पन्नमतयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रोत्पन्नमतिन् (प्रातिपदिक: प्रोत्पन्न+मति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘protpannā matir yeṣām’ (those whose understanding arose)

• अभवन्: became
• अभवन्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• धर्मे: in dharma
• धर्मे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पारमहंसे: in the (path/state of) paramahaṃsa
• पारमहंसे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारमहंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विनिर्द्धूतमलाशयाः: those with impurities shaken off from the heart/mind
• विनिर्द्धूतमलाशयाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनिर्द्धूतमलाशय (प्रातिपदिक: विनिर्द्धूत+मल+आशय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘विनिर्द्धूतः मलः आशये येषाम्’ (those whose inner receptacle is cleansed of impurity)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva’s grace can instantly awaken right understanding and cleanse inner impurities (mala), establishing a seeker in dharma and the highest renunciate orientation (paramahaṃsa) that leads toward liberation.

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

The verse highlights transformative contact with Śiva—central to Saguna worship such as Linga-upāsanā—where devotion, darśana, and ritual approach become channels for Śiva’s purifying grace that matures the devotee toward realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is purification through Śiva-sambandha: daily Linga worship with the Panchākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), combined with disciplined dharma; this supports inner cleansing and steadiness in contemplative renunciation.