Shloka 128

अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति

Devanagari script

स रुद्रत्वं समासाद्य रुद्रस्यानुचरो भवेत्

Transliteration

sa rudratvaṃ samāsādya rudrasyānucaro bhavet

Translation

അവൻ രുദ്രത്വം പ്രാപിച്ച് രുദ്രന്റെ അനുചരനും അനുഗാമിയും ആകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• स (sa): he/that devotee

• रुद्रत्वं (rudratvam): Rudra-hood, the state/nature of Rudra

• समासाद्य (samāsādya): having attained, reaching

• रुद्रस्य (rudrasya): of Rudra (Śiva)

• अनुचरः (anucaraḥ): attendant, follower, retainer

• भवेत् (bhavet): becomes, would become

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It states a core phala (result): sincere Rudra/Śiva devotion—classically expressed through Liṅga-pūjā—leads the paśu beyond bondage (pāśa) into Rudra’s own sphere, becoming fit for service in His divine retinue.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva is Pati, the Lord who can bestow “rudratva”—a share in His divine mode of being—showing that liberation is not merely absence of suffering but participation in Śiva’s consciousness and proximity through grace (anugraha).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The implied discipline is Rudra-bhakti aligned with Pāśupata orientation—worship, japa, and conduct dedicated to Śiva—whose culmination is sāyujya/sāmīpya-like nearness expressed as becoming Rudra’s anucara.