Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 48

भूतत्रिपुरधर्मवर्णनम् (Description of the Dharma/Conduct of the Bhūta-Tripura) — Chapter 3

Devanagari script

तस्मादेवं प्रकर्तव्यं वेदधर्मस्ततो व्रजेत् । त्यक्तलिंगार्चना दैत्या भविष्यंति न संशयः

Transliteration

tasmādevaṃ prakartavyaṃ vedadharmastato vrajet | tyaktaliṃgārcanā daityā bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

«ដូច្នេះ ត្រូវធ្វើតាមរបៀបនេះឲ្យបានត្រឹមត្រូវ ហើយបន្ទាប់មកត្រូវដើរតាមធម្មៈវេដៈ។ ពួកដៃត្យា នឹងបោះបង់ការបូជាលិង្គព្រះសិវៈ—មិនមានសង្ស័យឡើយ»។

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (ablatival adverbial): पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचन-रूपेण ‘therefore/from that’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रकर्तव्यम्: should be done
• प्रकर्तव्यम्: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligative; -तव्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be done/should be done’

• वेदधर्मः: Vedic dharma
• वेदधर्मः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: वेदस्य धर्मः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kāla/Anantara (काल/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• व्रजेत्: should go/proceed
• व्रजेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• त्यक्तलिङ्गार्चनाः: having abandoned liṅga-worship
• त्यक्तलिङ्गार्चनाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्त (त्यज्-धातु, क्त) + लिङ्ग + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: त्यक्त-लिङ्गार्चना (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष: ‘those whose liṅga-worship is abandoned’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• दैत्याḥ: the Daityas (demons)
• दैत्याḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भविष्यन्ति: will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (elliptic: ‘there is no doubt’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Yuddhakhaṇḍa account to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Implicitly teaches that severing liṅga-arcana leads to spiritual decline; conversely, steadfast liṅga-worship protects dharma.

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Daityas
• Linga

FAQs

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

The verse highlights that adherence to Vedic dharma naturally culminates in devotion to Pati (Śiva); when dharma is redirected or manipulated, even powerful beings like the Daityas can fall away from Liṅga-arcana, losing the grace that steadies the soul (paśu) toward liberation.

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

Liṅga-arcana is presented as a decisive marker of right orientation toward Saguna Śiva (worship with form and rite). The verse asserts that a strategic shift will cause the Daityas to abandon Liṅga worship—implying that leaving such worship severs one from Śiva’s sustaining anugraha (grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is to remain steady in Veda-aligned Śiva worship—especially Liṅga-arcana—supported by mantra-japa (notably the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and disciplined observance of dharma rather than abandoning core Śaiva rites.