Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27

सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle

Devanagari script

व्यापकं देवि मां दृष्ट्वा नित्यं सर्वत्र सर्वदा । निर्भयत्वं सदा लोके स्मरणं तदुदाहृतम्

Transliteration

vyāpakaṃ devi māṃ dṛṣṭvā nityaṃ sarvatra sarvadā | nirbhayatvaṃ sadā loke smaraṇaṃ tadudāhṛtam

Translation

「おお女神よ、われを遍満する者として—常に、至る所に、あらゆる時に—観ずるなら、その者は世において常住の無畏を得る。これこそ真の स्मरण（スマラナ）、すなわちシヴァの憶念である」と宣べられる。

Word by Word

• vyāpakam: all-pervading
• vyāpakam: Karma (कर्म) (object-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyāpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used predicatively with māṃ

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; pronoun

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), prior action (पूर्वकाल)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया)

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• sarvadā: at all times
• sarvadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)

• nirbhayatvam: fearlessness
• nirbhayatvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirbhayatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• smaraṇam: remembrance
• smaraṇam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; correlative pronoun

• udāhṛtam: is declared/called
• udāhṛtam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-ā-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used impersonally ‘is declared’

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Smaraṇa of Śiva as vyāpaka (all-pervading) yields nirbhayatva—fearlessness—seen as a fruit of grace and loosening of pāśa (bondage).

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sati (Devi/Parvati)

FAQs

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

It defines true Shiva-smaraṇa as the lived recognition of Shiva’s omnipresence; when the devotee sees Pati (Shiva) everywhere, worldly fear loosens because one rests in the Lord as the constant refuge and inner witness.

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

Linga-worship trains the mind to perceive the one Lord behind all forms. From the Saguna support (Linga, mantra, puja), the devotee matures into the insight of Shiva as vyāpaka—present in all places and beings—making remembrance unbroken.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice continuous japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with dhyāna on Shiva as all-pervading; during daily acts, repeatedly recollect “Shiva is here,” which is presented as the direct cause of steadiness and fearlessness.