Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 34

गाणपत्यदानकथा

Bāṇāsura Receives Gaṇapatya; Genealogical Prelude

Devanagari script

पुष्पभारावनद्धानां रारट्येरंश्च कोकिलाः । मधुरं कामजननं वनेषूपवनेषु च

Transliteration

puṣpabhārāvanaddhānāṃ rāraṭyeraṃśca kokilāḥ | madhuraṃ kāmajananaṃ vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca

Translation

森と林、そして園のあちこちで、木々は花の重みにたわみ、コーキラ（カッコウ）が喜びの声を響かせた。欲を呼び覚ます甘美が遍く立ちのぼり、春の妖艶が林と庭園に満ちた。

Word by Word

• puṣpa-bhāra-avanaddhānām: of (trees) covered with the weight of flowers
• puṣpa-bhāra-avanaddhānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + ava-√nadh (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (instrumental/associative sense) ‘puṣpa-bhāreṇa avanaddhāḥ’ = covered with the weight of flowers; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• rāraṭyuḥ: warbled/cried out
• rāraṭyuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rāṭ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• aṃś: indeed/then (particle)
• aṃś: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aṃś (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) used for emphasis/intonation in some recensions; treated as avyaya here

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• kokilāḥ: cuckoos
• kokilāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kokila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• madhuram: sweet
• madhuram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘kāmajananam’

• kāma-jananam: arousing desire
• kāma-jananam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + janana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘kāmasya jananam’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vaneṣu: in forests
• vaneṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• upavaneṣu: in groves
• upavaneṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Kāma-janana ambience peaks: blossoms weigh down trees; cuckoos intensify the erotic-spring signal (vasanta as kāma’s season).

FAQs

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

It depicts the power of sensory beauty—spring’s sweetness that stirs kāma—highlighting how the world can enchant the mind; in a Shaiva Siddhanta reading, such attraction is a reminder to turn awareness from passing pleasures toward Pati (Shiva), the steady refuge beyond mental agitation.

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

By showing how easily the mind becomes captivated by pleasant sights and sounds, the verse implicitly supports disciplined devotion: Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva-bhakti gather the scattered senses and redirect them from desire toward reverence, purity, and inner stillness.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is sense-restraint with mantra-japa—especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—so that desire-arousing impressions are witnessed without attachment, and devotion remains stable.