Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 15

सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle

Devanagari script

तन्माता मम भक्तिश्च भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदा । सुलभा मत्प्रसादाद्धि नवधा सा प्रकीर्तिता

Transliteration

tanmātā mama bhaktiśca bhuktimuktiphalapradā | sulabhā matprasādāddhi navadhā sā prakīrtitā

Translation

“ແມ່ທິບພະນັ້ນແຫຼະແມ່ນພັກຕິ (bhakti) ຂອງຂ້າ, ຜູ້ປະທານຜົນທັງຄວາມສຸກໃນໂລກ ແລະ ຄວາມຫຼຸດພົ້ນ. ໂດຍພຣະກະລຸນາຂອງຂ້າ ມັນໄດ້ມາງ່າຍ ແລະຖືກກ່າວວ່າມີເກົ້າປະເພດ.”

Word by Word

• tat-mātā: its mother
• tat-mātā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: 'its mother'

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; 1st person genitive

• bhaktiḥ: devotion
• bhaktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• bhukti-mukti-phala-pradā: giver of the fruits of enjoyment and liberation
• bhukti-mukti-phala-pradā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhukti (प्रातिपदिक) + mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + pradā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; determinative: 'giver of the fruits of enjoyment and liberation'

• su-labhā: easily obtainable
• su-labhā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + labha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; adjective

• mat-prasādāt: from my grace
• mat-prasādāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Pañcamī (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana; ablative: 'from my grace'

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle/emphasis (निपात)

• navadhā: in nine ways
• navadhā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nava (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + dhā (अव्यय-प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb meaning 'in nine ways' (प्रकारवाचक)

• sā: she/that (devotion)
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; pronoun referring to bhakti

• prakīrtitā: is proclaimed
• prakīrtitā: Karmaṇi-prayoga (कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kīrt (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kṛdanta past passive participle (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त), Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; used predicatively: 'is proclaimed'

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sati
• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse identifies true devotion (bhakti) as a grace-given power that can grant both bhukti (rightful worldly fulfillment) and mukti (liberation), emphasizing that liberation is ultimately accessible through Shiva’s anugraha (divine grace).

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

By presenting bhakti as Shiva’s own gift and as “ninefold,” the verse supports Saguna Shiva worship—such as Linga-sevā, mantra-japa, and pūjā—as practical forms of devotion through which Shiva’s grace matures the soul toward mukti.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice steady Shiva-bhakti through daily pūjā and mantra-japa (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), offering actions and intentions to Shiva so devotion becomes “sulabhā” (easy) by grace.