Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 45

वसन्त-प्रभावः तथा काम-उद्दीपन-वर्णनम् | Spring’s Influence and the Arousal of Kāma

Devanagari script

एवं वैराग्यमासाद्य पर्य्यंकासादनं च तत् । वारयामास सर्वात्मा परेशः किं पतेदिह

Transliteration

evaṃ vairāgyamāsādya paryyaṃkāsādanaṃ ca tat | vārayāmāsa sarvātmā pareśaḥ kiṃ patediha

Translation

かくして離欲（ヴァイラーギャ）を得て、床に臥すがごとく横たわろうと定めたとき、万有の内なる自己たる至上主シヴァはそれを制し、「なぜここで滅びに落とす必要があろうか」と思惟された。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• वैराग्यम्: dispassion
• वैराग्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• आसाद्य: having attained
• आसाद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + sad (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having attained/approached'

• पर्य्यङ्कासादनम्: approaching/sitting on the couch
• पर्य्यङ्कासादनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paryaṅka + āsādana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: 'पर्य्यङ्कस्य आसादनम्' (sitting/approaching the couch); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• वारयामास: restrained/forbade
• वारयामास: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vāraya (णिजन्त causative of vṛ/var) (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; अर्थः—'अवारयत्/निवारयामास' (he restrained/forbade)

• सर्वात्मा: the all-pervading one
• सर्वात्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास: 'सर्वः आत्मा यस्य' (whose self is all / all-pervading); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परेशः: the Supreme Lord
• परेशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: 'परः ईशः' (supreme lord); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• किम्: why/what (for what reason)
• किम्: Prayojana/Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative particle used adverbially)

• पतेत्: might fall/should fall
• पतेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), देशवाचक (locative adverb)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating the Rudrasaṃhitā account to the sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights Shiva as Sarvātmā (the indwelling Self) who governs the soul’s movement: even when dispassion arises, the Lord directs the next step so the being does not “fall” into spiritual ruin, emphasizing divine grace guiding vairāgya toward liberation.

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

Calling Shiva ‘Pareceśa’ and ‘Sarvātmā’ points to Saguna Shiva as the accessible Lord who actively protects devotees; Linga-worship embodies this same protective, inwardly present Shiva who steadies the mind and turns detachment into steady devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is inner restraint (saṃyama): sustain vairāgya through japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steady meditation on Shiva as the inner Self, supported by Shaiva disciplines such as bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa where appropriate.