Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 8

हिमवतः सुमङ्गलोत्सव-नगररचना

Himavān’s Auspicious Festival Preparations and City Adornment

Devanagari script

स्थावरं जंगमं सर्वं सदृशन्तैर्मनोहरम् । सर्वतोऽद्भुतसर्वत्वं नानावस्तुचमत्कृतम्

Transliteration

sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ sarvaṃ sadṛśantairmanoharam | sarvato'dbhutasarvatvaṃ nānāvastucamatkṛtam

Translation

不動なるものも動くものも—一切は—ふさわしい形と相似の姿により、麗しく心を惹きつけて現れた。四方には遍く驚異の充満が顕れ、無数の多様なものの妙が心を驚かせた。

Word by Word

• स्थावरम्: the immobile (beings)
• स्थावरम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘स्थावरम्’ (the immobile)

• जङ्गमम्: the mobile (beings)
• जङ्गमम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘जङ्गमम्’ (the mobile)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: विशेषण (adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) स्थावरं जङ्गमं इति

• सदृशन्तैः: with similar (forms/features)
• सदृशन्तैः: करण (Karaṇa/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘सदृश’ = similar; करणत्वेन (by similar ones/with likenesses)

• मनोहरम्: charming; delightful
• मनोहरम्: विशेषण (adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) सर्वम् इति

• सर्वतः: everywhere; on all sides
• सर्वतः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: on all sides/everywhere)

• अद्भुत-सर्वत्वम्: marvellous all-ness; wondrous totality
• अद्भुत-सर्वत्वम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक) + सर्वत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—अद्भुतं सर्वत्वं (marvellous totality/being-all)

• नाना-वस्तु-चमत्कृतम्: made wondrous by various objects
• नाना-वस्तु-चमत्कृतम्: विशेषण (adjectival to अद्भुतसर्वत्वम्/सर्वम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + वस्तु (प्रातिपदिक) + चमत्कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—नानावस्तुभिः चमत्कृतम् (instrumental-tatpurusha sense: made wonderful by various things)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It trains the devotee to perceive the entire moving and unmoving cosmos as a wondrous, harmonious manifestation under Shiva’s lordship (Pati), turning ordinary perception into devotion and leading the mind toward liberation.

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

The Linga is the sacred focus through which one learns to recognize Shiva’s presence everywhere; this verse supports Saguna contemplation—seeing all forms as held within Shiva—while pointing to the underlying all-pervading reality beyond particular forms.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple practice is Shiva-anusandhāna (contemplation of Shiva everywhere): after japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” mentally offer the seen world—moving and unmoving—as a flower-offering to the Linga, cultivating reverence and non-dual devotion.