Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अन्वेषणं चकारासौ सर्वब्रह्माण्डगोलके । न प्राप तमजं कुत्र शुश्राव तदुपद्रवम्

Transliteration

anveṣaṇaṃ cakārāsau sarvabrahmāṇḍagolake | na prāpa tamajaṃ kutra śuśrāva tadupadravam

Translation

ລາວໄດ້ຄົ້ນຫາທົ່ວທັງວົງກົມແຫ່ງໄຂ່ຈັກກະວານ (ທັງສິ້ນຈັກກະວານ) ແຕ່ບໍ່ພົບພຣະອົງຜູ້ບໍ່ເກີດ (ອະຈະ) ຢູ່ໃສເລີຍ; ກັບໄດ້ຍິນແຕ່ຂ່າວຄວາມວຸ້ນວາຍ ແລະຄວາມລົບກວນທີ່ພຣະອົງກໍ່ໃຫ້ເກີດ।

Word by Word

• अन्वेषणम्: search, investigation
• अन्वेषणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वेषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• चकार: did, performed
• चकार: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• असौ: he (that person)
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सर्वब्रह्माण्डगोलके: in the entire cosmic sphere (of all universes)
• सर्वब्रह्माण्डगोलके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + ब्रह्माण्ड + गोलक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (brahmāṇḍasya golakaḥ), उपपद-विशेषण 'सर्व' (all)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• प्राप: found, obtained
• प्राप: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अजम्: the Unborn (Brahmā)
• अजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• कुत्र: where
• कुत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb of place)

• शुश्राव: heard
• शुश्राव: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• उपद्रवम्: disturbance, attack
• उपद्रवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: brahmāṇḍa-vyāpti (cosmic pervasion) and divine upadrava as a world-shaking līlā

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shiva as the Aja (Unborn, supreme Pati) is not grasped by exhaustive external searching through the cosmos; realization comes through grace, devotion, and inner turning rather than mere movement through worlds.

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

The verse implies that the limitless Lord cannot be located as a finite object; the Linga serves as the compassionate, accessible Saguna symbol through which the seeker approaches the transcendent Aja who pervades yet exceeds the brahmāṇḍa.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Replace outward restlessness with steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and dhyāna on the Linga, seeking Shiva’s anugraha (grace) rather than relying only on worldly or cosmic exploration.