Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 16

तृतीयनेत्राग्निनिवृत्तिः / Quelling the Fire of the Third Eye

Vāḍava Fire Placed in the Ocean

Devanagari script

वाडवं रूपमाधत्त तमादायाग तोत्र ह । निर्दिशामि जलाधार त्वामहं करुणाकरः

Transliteration

vāḍavaṃ rūpamādhatta tamādāyāga totra ha | nirdiśāmi jalādhāra tvāmahaṃ karuṇākaraḥ

Translation

ヴァーダヴァ（Vāḍava）――海底の火――の姿を取り、それを携えて直ちにここへ来なさい。水を支える者よ、慈悲の大海たる我は、ここに汝をその位に任じ、定める。

Word by Word

• वाडवम्: mare-like / of the submarine-fire (vāḍava)
• वाडवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; qualifies रूपम्

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आधत्त: assume/adopt!
• आधत्त: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Kriya (अनुक्रम/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having taken’

• आग: come!
• आग: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; Vedic/epic shortened form for आगच्छ

• तोत्र: O goad-bearer / O driver
• तोत्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (contextual address), एकवचन; used as address ‘O goad/driver’ (epithet)

• ह: indeed/lo!
• ह: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/exclamation)

• निर्दिशामि: I direct/appoint
• निर्दिशामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-√दिश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जलाधार: O support of waters
• जलाधार: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + आधार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: जलस्य आधारः; पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• करुणाकरः: (the) mine of compassion
• करुणाकरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करुणा (प्रातिपदिक) + आकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: करुणायाः आकरः; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Śiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It shows Śiva as Pati—the compassionate Lord who governs the cosmos by assigning functions to powers of nature, reminding devotees that divine grace and order operate together.

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

The verse presents Saguna Śiva as the commanding, merciful ruler of tattvas (cosmic principles). Linga worship contemplates this same Lord as the stable axis of creation who directs and sustains all elements.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as Karuṇākara (the compassionate source) while chanting the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to align one’s inner elements with His ordained order.