Shloka 11

वीरभद्र-भैरव-आह्वानम् — Invocation of Vīrabhadra/Bhairava for Cosmic Reabsorption

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे तृतीयायां शतरुद्रसंहितायां शरभावतारवर्णनं नामैकादशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ śarabhāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

かくして、尊き『シヴァ・マハープラーナ』第三巻「シャタルドラ・サンヒター」において、「シャラバの化身の叙述」と題する第十一章はここに終わる。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyasaṃbandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative/end marker)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (title-compound; मुख्यतः षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• तृतीयायाम्: in the third (section)
• तृतीयायाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• शतरुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Śatarudra-saṃhitā
• शतरुद्र-संहितायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata-rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘शतरुद्रस्य संहिता’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• शरभ-अवतार-वर्णनम्: the description of Śarabha’s incarnation
• शरभ-अवतार-वर्णनम्: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarabha (प्रातिपदिक) + avatāra (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (nested): ‘शरभस्य अवतारस्य वर्णनम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: Vākyasaṃbandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, नामनिर्देशक (naming particle)

• एकादशः: eleventh
• एकादशः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक/संख्यावाचक विशेषण (ordinal/numeral)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon marking the completion of the chapter ‘Śarabhāvatāra-varṇana’; no specific jyotirliṅga site is invoked here.

Significance: Textual śravaṇa/pāṭha-phala context: recitation and hearing of the Purāṇic chapter is traditionally held to confer merit (puṇya) and devotion (bhakti), though no explicit phala is stated in this colophon.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Śarabha

FAQs

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

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter, affirming the text’s traditional structure and the Śatarudra Saṃhitā theme: Śiva’s limitless saguna manifestations that guide devotees toward protection, grace, and liberation.

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

By naming the Śarabha-avatāra narration within the Śiva Purāṇa, it highlights saguna worship—Śiva taking forms for cosmic order—while remaining consistent with the Purāṇic teaching that all such forms ultimately point to the one Supreme Śiva, also adored as the Liṅga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As a chapter-ending formula, it implies śravaṇa (devotional listening/recitation) and smaraṇa (remembrance) of Śiva’s līlā; devotees may conclude reading with japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” and a brief offering of bilva leaves in gratitude.