Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14

विदलोत्पलदैत्ययोरुत्पत्तिः देवपराजयः ब्रह्मोपदेशः नारदप्रेषणम्

Vidalotpala Daityas, Defeat of the Devas, Brahmā’s Counsel, and Nārada’s Mission

Devanagari script

भ्रश्यद्धम्मिल्लसन्माल्यस्वपुरीकृतभूमिका । स्विद्यत्कपोलपत्रालीस्रवदंबुकणोज्ज्वला

Transliteration

bhraśyaddhammillasanmālyasvapurīkṛtabhūmikā | svidyatkapolapatrālīsravadaṃbukaṇojjvalā

Translation

उसकी जूड़ा-बद्ध केशरचना और पुष्पमालाएँ खिसककर गिर पड़ीं, जिससे वह अस्त-व्यस्त-सी लगी; और कपोलों पर पसीने की बूँदें झरकर चमकती हुई उज्ज्वल शोभा बिखेरने लगीं।

Word by Word

• भ्रश्यत्-धम्मिल्ल-सत्-माल्य-स्वपुरीकृत-भूमिका: whose hair-knot and garland were slipping, making her (as it were) her own city-stage/ground
• भ्रश्यत्-धम्मिल्ल-सत्-माल्य-स्वपुरीकृत-भूमिका: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रश् (धातु) + धम्मिल्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + सत् (कृदन्त) + माल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वपुरीकृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + भूमिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (यस्याः भूमिका भ्रश्यद्-धम्मिल्लेन सत्-माल्येन स्वपुरीकृता/स्वपुरीकृतवती); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्विद्यत्-कपोल-पत्राली-स्रवत्-अम्बु-कण-उज्ज्वला: bright with drops of water (sweat) flowing from the leaf-like adornments on her sweating cheeks
• स्विद्यत्-कपोल-पत्राली-स्रवत्-अम्बु-कण-उज्ज्वला: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्विद् (धातु) + कपोल (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्राली (प्रातिपदिक) + स्रु (धातु) + अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक) + कण (प्रातिपदिक) + उज्ज्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (या स्विद्यत्कपोलपत्राल्या स्रवदम्बुकणैः उज्ज्वला); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It portrays the Divine Mother in a tangible, embodied form—showing that in Shaiva narrative, the Saguna manifestation of Śakti participates in cosmic events while remaining intrinsically sacred and worthy of devotion.

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

Such vivid iconographic description supports Saguna upāsanā: devotees contemplate the divine forms and their līlā, which culminates in steadiness of bhakti that ultimately leads the mind toward Śiva, the supreme Pati.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is dhyāna (form-meditation) with japa of the Pañcākṣarī—"Om Namaḥ Śivāya"—using the narrated form as an aid to concentration and devotion.