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Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 39

गणेशोत्पत्ति-प्रसङ्गः / Episode on the Origin of Gaṇeśa (Śvetakalpa Account)

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा तु शिवस्तत्र स्थितः क्रुद्धो गृहाद्बहिः । भवाचाररतस्स्वामी बह्वद्भुतसुलीलकः

Transliteration

ityuktvā tu śivastatra sthitaḥ kruddho gṛhādbahiḥ | bhavācāraratassvāmī bahvadbhutasulīlakaḥ

Translation

そう言い終えると、主シヴァは家の外にそのまま立ち、怒りを帯びておられた――有身の生にふさわしい行い（ダルマ）に心を寄せる大主にして、驚くべきリ―ラー（神の戯れ）を数多く顕す御方である。

Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उक्त्यर्थक
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय; ‘having said’
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात ‘but/indeed’
शिवःŚiva
शिवः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)
स्थितःstanding
स्थितः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थित (कृदन्त; √स्था धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘standing/remaining’
क्रुद्धःangry
क्रुद्धः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुद्ध (कृदन्त; √क्रुध् धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘angry’
गृहात्from the house
गृहात्:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन
बहिःoutside
बहिः:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहिः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (outside)
भवाचाररतःdevoted to proper conduct
भवाचाररतः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभवाचाररत (प्रातिपदिक: भव + आचार + रत)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘devoted to (proper) conduct/observance’
स्वामीthe Lord/master
स्वामी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वामिन्/स्वामी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
बह्वद्भुतसुलीलकःof very wondrous, graceful sport
बह्वद्भुतसुलीलकः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबह्वद्भुतसुलीलक (प्रातिपदिक: बहु + अद्भुत + सु + लीलक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-कर्मधारय ‘having very wonderful, beautiful play’
Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities
S
Shiva

FAQs

The verse portrays Śiva’s “anger” as a purposeful, dharma-guiding expression of Saguna Śiva’s līlā—He models righteous conduct for beings in the world while remaining the sovereign Lord beyond all limitation.

It supports Saguna-upāsanā by showing the Lord acting within narrative time and moral order; devotees worship the Liṅga as the same Śiva who compassionately instructs and corrects through such leelas.

A practical takeaway is to steady the mind in Śiva-bhakti during emotional upheaval—repeat the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and cultivate dharmic self-restraint, seeing the Lord’s guidance in events.

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