Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 40

कुमाराभिषेकवर्णनम् — Description of Kumāra’s Abhiṣeka

Consecration/Installation

Devanagari script

सद्रत्नसाररचितकिरीटमुकुटांगदम् । वैजयन्ती स्वमालां च तस्मै चक्रं ददौ हरिः

Transliteration

sadratnasāraracitakirīṭamukuṭāṃgadam | vaijayantī svamālāṃ ca tasmai cakraṃ dadau hariḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഹരി (വിഷ്ണു) ഉത്തമരത്നസാരത്തിൽ നിർമ്മിതമായ കിരീടം, മുകുടം, അങ്കദങ്ങൾ അവനു നൽകി; കൂടാതെ തന്റെ വൈജയന്തീ മാലയും സുദർശനചക്രവും അർപ്പിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• sat-ratna-sāra-racita-kirīṭa-mukuṭa-aṅgadam: a crown, diadem, and armlet made from the essence of fine gems
• sat-ratna-sāra-racita-kirīṭa-mukuṭa-aṅgadam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक) + racita (कृदन्त; √rac, क्त) + kirīṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + mukuṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); long compound: 'kirīṭa, mukuṭa and aṅgada' (copulative) qualified by 'made of the essence of good gems'

• vaijayantī: Vaijayantī (garland/personified)
• vaijayantī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaijayantī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• sva-mālām: her own garland
• sva-mālām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + mālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun

• cakram: discus
• cakram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu (Hari)
• Vaijayanti Garland
• Sudarshana Chakra

FAQs

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

The verse highlights divine grace expressed through sacred gifts—ornaments and weapons symbolize protection, authority, and dharmic empowerment granted by the gods, supporting the soul’s righteous purpose under the Lord’s overarching will.

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

In the Shiva Purana’s theistic framework, such gifts function within Saguna devotion: divine forms cooperate to uphold dharma, and worship of the Liṅga remains the central means to receive Shiva’s anugraha (grace) that sanctifies all powers.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to adopt protective devotion: recite the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with bhakti, and perform Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) application as a reminder that all strength and protection are ultimately consecrated by Shiva’s grace.