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Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

स चापि वीरोम्बुधिबालकोऽसौ जलंधराख्योऽसुरवीरवीरः । संप्राप्य भार्यामतिसुन्दरी वशी चकार राज्यं हि कविप्रभावात्

Transliteration

sa cāpi vīrombudhibālako'sau jalaṃdharākhyo'suravīravīraḥ | saṃprāpya bhāryāmatisundarī vaśī cakāra rājyaṃ hi kaviprabhāvāt

Translation

その勇士—大海より生まれし者—はジャランダラと名高く、アスラの勇者の中でも第一であった。比類なき美しき妻を得て、賢仙（カヴィ）の霊威によって王国を己の支配下に収めた。

Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
अपिalso
अपि:
सम्बन्ध (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (also)
वीरःa hero
वीरः:
कर्ता (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अम्बुधि-बालकःthe ocean’s child
अम्बुधि-बालकः:
कर्ता (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअम्बुधि + बालक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: अम्बुधेः बालकः (child/son of the ocean)
असौthat one
असौ:
कर्ता (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; दैशिक-सर्वनाम (demonstrative: that/this)
जलन्धर-आख्यःnamed Jalandhara
जलन्धर-आख्यः:
विशेषण (Adjectival to ‘सः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootजलन्धर + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: जलन्धर इति आख्यः (named Jalandhara)
असुर-वीर-वीरःhero of the Asura-heroes
असुर-वीर-वीरः:
कर्ता (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर + वीर + वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-भाव): असुराणां वीराणां वीरः (hero among heroes of Asuras)
सम्प्राप्यhaving obtained
सम्प्राप्य:
पूर्वकालक्रिया (Gerundial action)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → सम्प्राप्य (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having obtained’
भार्याम्a wife
भार्याम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
अति-सुन्दरीम्very beautiful
अति-सुन्दरीम्:
विशेषण (Adjectival to ‘भार्याम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअति + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: अति (very) + सुन्दरी (beautiful woman)
वशीmasterful/in control
वशी:
विशेषण (Adjectival to ‘सः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootवशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘self-controlled/one who has under control’
चकारmade/did
चकार:
क्रिया (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
राज्यम्the kingdom/rule
राज्यम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
हिindeed
हि:
सम्बन्ध (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (indeed)
कवि-प्रभावात्due to the sage’s power
कवि-प्रभावात्:
हेतु (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: कवेः प्रभावः (power/influence of the sage/poet); हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of cause)
Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Rudra

Characters & Entities
J
Jalandhara
A
Ambudhi (Ocean)
K
Kavi

FAQs

It highlights how worldly sovereignty can arise from external power and counsel, yet such dominance is not liberation; in Shaiva thought, true fulfillment comes from surrender to Pati (Śiva), not from controlling a kingdom.

By contrasting Jalandhara’s pursuit of control and beauty with the Purana’s larger aim—devotion to Saguna Śiva as the Linga—this narrative sets the stage for why asuric pride ultimately clashes with Śiva, the rightful Lord of all realms.

The verse implicitly warns against egoic control; a practical Shaiva takeaway is steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with humility, supported by sāttvika discipline such as bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and Rudrākṣa as aids to remembrance.

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