Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 57

कुमाराभिषेकवर्णनम् — Description of Kumāra’s Abhiṣeka

Consecration/Installation

Devanagari script

कुमारेण हतो ह्येष तारको भविता प्रभो । तदर्थमेव संजातमिदं चरितमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

kumāreṇa hato hyeṣa tārako bhavitā prabho | tadarthameva saṃjātamidaṃ caritamuttamam

Translation

ഹേ പ്രഭോ, കുമാരനാൽ തന്നെ ഈ താരകാസുരൻ വധിക്കപ്പെടും. അതിനായിട്ടാണ് ഈ ഉത്തമമായ ചരിത്രം ഉണ്ടായത്.

Word by Word

• कुमारेण: by Kumāra (Kārttikeya)
• कुमारेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (agent/instrument in passive)

• हतः: slain
• हतः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → हत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्मणि (passive sense) विशेषण (तारकः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तारकः: Tāraka
• तारकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भविता: will be (will become)
• भविता: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तत्-अर्थम्: for that purpose
• तत्-अर्थम्: Hetu (हेतु/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (तस्य अर्थम् = for that purpose)

• एव: only/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• संजातम्: has arisen/has come about
• संजातम्: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → संजात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विधेय (predicate)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• चरितम्: deed/episode
• चरितम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समानाधिकरण (इदम्)

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (चरितम्)

Speaker

Brahma

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

• Kartikeya
• Tāraka

FAQs

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

The verse frames the Skanda-leela as divinely purposive: evil (adharma) is removed through Shiva’s ordained power, restoring cosmic order and enabling devotees to return to right worship and inner discipline.

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

Kumāra’s victory is presented as an extension of Saguna Shiva’s compassionate governance: the Lord manifests power through divine agencies to protect dharma, encouraging steadfast devotion to Shiva’s tangible, worshipful forms such as the Linga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is purposeful bhakti: remember Shiva’s protective will while japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and disciplined worship (e.g., Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa where customary) to align oneself with dharma.