Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 30

देवस्तुतिः (Devastuti) — Hymn/Praise of the Devas

Devanagari script

विष्टरश्रवसे तुभ्यं नमस्सत्यमयाय च । सत्यप्रियाय सत्याय सत्यगम्याय ते नमः

Transliteration

viṣṭaraśravase tubhyaṃ namassatyamayāya ca | satyapriyāya satyāya satyagamyāya te namaḥ

Translation

遠くまで名声の響く主よ、汝に礼拝する。真理そのものの精髄なる汝にも礼拝する。真理を愛し、真理そのものであり、真理によってのみ到達される汝に礼拝する。

Word by Word

• विष्टरश्रवसे: to the wide-famed one
• विष्टरश्रवसे: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्टरश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (विष्टरं श्रवः यस्य सः / ‘wide-famed’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: सम्बोधन/उक्ति (salutatory)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्-शब्दः अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगे (indeclinable interjection), नमस्कारार्थक (salutation)

• सत्यमयाय: to the truth-filled one
• सत्यमयाय: सम्प्रदान (recipient; addressed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सत्येन मयः/पूर्णः), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘you’)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सत्यप्रियाय: to the truth-loving one
• सत्यप्रियाय: सम्प्रदान (recipient; addressed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सत्यं प्रियं यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• सत्याय: to the true one / to Truth
• सत्याय: सम्प्रदान (recipient; addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग ‘सत्य’ (here as epithet), चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• सत्यगम्याय: to the one attainable by truth
• सत्यगम्याय: सम्प्रदान (recipient; addressed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गम्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सत्येन/सत्यात् गम्यः = attainable/knowable by truth), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन (enclitic)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: सम्बोधन/उक्ति (salutatory)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्-शब्दः अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगे (indeclinable salutation)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the hymn of praise within the Yuddhakhaṇḍa context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: विष्टरश्रवसे तुभ्यं नमस्सत्यमयाय च । सत्यप्रियाय सत्याय सत्यगम्याय ते नमः

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse identifies Shiva as Satya itself—Pati (the Lord) whose grace is approached through satya (truthfulness, integrity, and right seeing). In Shaiva Siddhanta, such alignment with truth purifies the pashu (bound soul) and loosens pasha (bondage), making the soul fit for Shiva’s anugraha (liberating grace).

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

In Linga worship, Shiva is adored as the steady, unchanging Reality behind all forms. Calling Him 'satya' and 'satya-gamya' frames the Linga not as mere symbol but as the accessible focus for Saguna devotion that leads the devotee toward the recognition of Shiva as the ultimate Truth.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adopt satya as a vrata (vow) alongside daily Shiva-puja: recite the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with truthful intention, offer water and bilva with a mind free of deceit, and use japa as self-audit—letting truthfulness become the inner worship that makes Shiva 'satya-gamya' (attainable through truth).