Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 19

काम-शक्र-संवादः / Dialogue of Kāma and Śakra

Indra

Devanagari script

पदं ते कर्षितुं यो वै तपस्तपति दारुणम् । पातयिष्याम्यहं तं च शत्रुं ते मित्र सर्वथा

Transliteration

padaṃ te karṣituṃ yo vai tapastapati dāruṇam | pātayiṣyāmyahaṃ taṃ ca śatruṃ te mitra sarvathā

Translation

ಯಾರು ದಾರುಣ ತಪಸ್ಸನ್ನು ತಪಿಸಿ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ನಿನ್ನ ಸ್ವಪದದಿಂದ ಎಳೆದು ಕೊಂಡೊಯ್ಯಲು ಯತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಹೇ ಮಿತ್ರ, ನಿನ್ನ ಆ ಶತ್ರುವನ್ನು ನಾನು ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ರೀತಿಯಿಂದಲೂ ಪತನಗೊಳಿಸುವೆನು।

Word by Word

• पदम्: position/footing
• पदम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th: Gen/Dat), एकवचन (Singular)

• कर्षितुम्: to drag/pull down
• कर्षितुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृष् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (Infinitive), अव्ययभाव

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तपति: performs (austerity)
• तपति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• दारुणम्: severe
• दारुणम्: Karma-visheshana (कर्मविशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पातयिष्यामि: I will cause to fall / bring down
• पातयिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) [णिच् causative: पातय-]
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शत्रुम्: (as) an enemy
• शत्रुम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); अपपद-भाव (as apposition to तम्)

• ते: of yours
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• मित्र: O friend
• मित्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वथा: entirely/in every way
• सर्वथा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: in every way)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights Shiva as Pati (the Lord) who protects the devotee’s rightful dharmic path; even if someone employs fierce tapas for harmful ends, Shiva’s grace overrules and removes that opposition.

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

It reflects Saguna Shiva’s personal, vow-bound guardianship of devotees—an attitude invoked in Linga worship where the devotee seeks refuge (śaraṇāgati) and trusts Shiva to dissolve hostile forces and inner impediments.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is śaraṇāgati with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and Tripuṇḍra-bhasma dhāraṇa, cultivating trust that Shiva subdues both external enemies and internal passions.