Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 34

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

Devanagari script

नवांगानीति मद्भक्तेर्भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदानि च । मम प्रियाणि चातीव ज्ञानोत्पत्तिकराणि च

Transliteration

navāṃgānīti madbhakterbhuktimuktipradāni ca | mama priyāṇi cātīva jñānotpattikarāṇi ca

Translation

これらは我に対する信愛（バクティ）の九つの肢である。世の享楽と解脱（ムクティ）の双方を授ける。これらは我にとってきわめて愛しく、また真の霊的智慧の生起をもたらす因ともなる。

Word by Word

• नव-अङ्गानि: nine limbs (ninefold)
• नव-अङ्गानि: Pradhāna-pada (प्रधानपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (नव + अङ्गानि = nine limbs)

• इति: thus / called
• इति: Vākyasaṃbandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• मत्-भक्तेः: of my devotion
• मत्-भक्तेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (“of my devotion”)

• भुक्ति-मुक्ति-प्रदानि: granting enjoyment and liberation
• भुक्ति-मुक्ति-प्रदानि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (भुक्तिमुक्त्योः प्रदानि = giving enjoyment and liberation)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रियाणि: dear / beloved
• प्रियाणि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अतीव: exceedingly / very
• अतीव: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of degree)

• ज्ञान-उत्पत्ति-कराणि: producing the rise of knowledge
• ज्ञान-उत्पत्ति-कराणि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (“causing the arising of knowledge”)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Summarizes navāṅga-bhakti as a complete sādhana: it yields bhukti (ordered worldly flourishing) and mukti (release) and generates jñāna—hallmark of Śiva’s anugraha over the paśu.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares that Shiva-bhakti is not merely emotional devotion: its disciplined “ninefold” practice is a direct means for the rise of jñāna (spiritual knowledge) and culminates in mukti, while also supporting righteous well-being (bhukti) in worldly life.

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

By affirming that these devotional limbs are “dear to Me,” the verse supports Saguna worship—approaching Shiva with concrete acts like hearing, chanting, remembrance, and service, commonly centered on the Shiva-liṅga as the accessible, grace-bestowing form of Pati (Shiva).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adopt a structured bhakti-sādhana: daily śravaṇa and kīrtana of Shiva’s names (especially pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), smaraṇa (remembrance) and arcana (liṅga-pūjā); these are presented as practices that ripen into jñāna and liberation.