Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 69

गणेशाभिषेक-वरदान-विधानम् | Gaṇeśa’s Consecration, Boons, and Prescribed Worship

Devanagari script

प्रशंसंतश्शिवा तत्र गणेशं च पुनः पुनः । शिवं चैव तथा स्तुत्वा कीदृशं युद्धमेव च

Transliteration

praśaṃsaṃtaśśivā tatra gaṇeśaṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ | śivaṃ caiva tathā stutvā kīdṛśaṃ yuddhameva ca

Translation

នៅទីនោះ ពួកអមតៈអ្នកបម្រើទេវតា បានសរសើរព្រះគណេសជាញឹកញាប់ម្តងហើយម្តងទៀត។ ពួកគេក៏បានស្តូត្រព្រះសិវៈផងដែរ ហើយបានពោលអំពីសង្គ្រាមថា វាមានសភាពយ៉ាងដូចម្តេចពិតប្រាកដ។

Word by Word

• प्रशंसन्तः: praising
• प्रशंसन्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• शिवाः: the Śivas/Śiva’s followers
• शिवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• गणेशम्: Gaṇeśa
• गणेशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गणेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/in that manner)

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• कीदृशम्: what kind of
• कीदृशम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक विशेषण (qualifies ‘युद्धम्’)

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Ganesha

FAQs

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

The verse highlights stuti (praise) and remembrance of Śiva and his divine retinue as a bhakti-based response to intense events, implying that devotion steadies the mind and aligns the devotee with Śiva’s grace even amid conflict.

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

By praising Śiva and Gaṇeśa in a concrete narrative setting, the text emphasizes Saguna-upāsanā—devotion to Śiva as the personal Lord who is praised, invoked, and approached through names, forms, and stotras, which in practice includes Liṅga worship as Śiva’s accessible sacred form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is nāma-japa and stotra-pāṭha—repeating Śiva’s names (such as the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and offering verbal praise—especially during stressful or turbulent moments.