Shloka 14

कामप्रादुर्भावः — The Manifestation/Arising of Kāma

Devanagari script

तस्य वामांगजो विष्णुर्ब्रह्माहं दक्षिणांगजः । रुद्रो हृदयतो जातोऽभवच्च मुनिसत्तम

Transliteration

tasya vāmāṃgajo viṣṇurbrahmāhaṃ dakṣiṇāṃgajaḥ | rudro hṛdayato jāto'bhavacca munisattama

Translation

ຈາກຂ້າງຊ້າຍຂອງພຣະອົງ ພຣະວິສນຸເກີດຂຶ້ນ; ຈາກຂ້າງຂວາ ຂ້ອຍ—ພຣະພຣະຫມາ—ເກີດຂຶ້ນ. ແລະພຣະຣຸດຣະເກີດຈາກພຣະຫົວໃຈຂອງພຣະອົງ, ໂອ ມຸນິຜູ້ປະເສີດທີ່ສຸດ.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• वाम-अङ्ग-जः: born from the left side
• वाम-अङ्ग-जः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाम + अङ्ग + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (‘वामे अङ्गे जातः’)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• दक्षिण-अङ्ग-जः: born from the right side
• दक्षिण-अङ्ग-जः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण + अङ्ग + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (‘दक्षिणे अङ्गे जातः’)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हृदयतः: from the heart
• हृदयतः: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• जातः: born
• जातः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक-विशेषण), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past participle: born

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular

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

• मुनि-सत्तम: O best of sages
• मुनि-सत्तम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (‘मुनिषु सत्तमः’)

Speaker

Brahmā (narrating to a sage, addressed as munisattama)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Brahma
• Rudra

FAQs

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

It presents the Trimūrti as derivative powers arising from a higher source, emphasizing that Rudra (Śiva’s transformative power) springs from the “heart,” symbolizing the innermost consciousness from which liberation-oriented knowledge and dissolution of bondage proceed.

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

By showing Rudra’s primacy as arising from the core (hṛdaya), the verse supports devotion to Saguna Śiva—often approached through the Liṅga—as the accessible form of the supreme reality that governs transformation and grace beyond merely cosmic functions.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is hṛdaya-dhyāna (meditation on Śiva in the heart) alongside japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” optionally supported by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as Shaiva identifiers of inner purity and steadfast devotion.