Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 48

देवीयोगनिद्रास्तुतिḥ तथा चण्डिकायाः प्रादुर्भावः | Hymn to Devī Yogānidrā and the Manifestation of Caṇḍikā

Devanagari script

उत्पन्ना दक्षजायायां सतीरूपेण शंकरम् । अहं सभाजयिष्यामि लीलया तं पितामह

Transliteration

utpannā dakṣajāyāyāṃ satīrūpeṇa śaṃkaram | ahaṃ sabhājayiṣyāmi līlayā taṃ pitāmaha

Translation

ദക്ഷന്റെ ഭാര്യയിൽ സതീരൂപമായി ജനിച്ച് ഞാൻ ലീലാഭാവത്തോടെ ശങ്കരനെ ആദരിക്കും; ഹേ പിതാമഹ ബ്രഹ്മാ, അതുവഴി നിങ്ങളെയും ആദരിക്കുന്നതാകും।

Word by Word

• उत्पन्ना: born/arisen
• उत्पन्ना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ut-panna (कृदन्त; √pad/√pat?—उत् + √pad ‘to arise’ → पन्न)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण

• दक्षजायायाम्: in Dakṣa’s wife (i.e., in Prasūti)
• दक्षजायायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa-jāyā (प्रातिपदिक; दक्ष + जाया)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• सतीरूपेण: in the form of Satī
• सतीरूपेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक; सती + रूप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• सभाजयिष्यामि: I will honor/worship
• सभाजयिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sabhājay (धातु; causative of √bhaj with saṃ-/sa-?; सभाजयति)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative)

• लीलया: playfully/as a divine sport
• लीलया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: līlā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• पितामह: O Grandfather (Pitāmaha)
• पितामह: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

Speaker

Brahma

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Alludes to Satī’s manifestation as Dakṣa’s daughter and her honoring of Śaṅkara as līlā—an origin-thread that later culminates in the Dakṣa-yajña rupture and Satī’s self-immolation, prompting Śiva’s cosmic response.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: creative

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sati
• Daksha
• Brahma

FAQs

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

The verse frames Satī’s incarnation as a purposeful divine līlā: the soul’s highest fulfillment is to honour Śiva (Pati), the supreme Lord, through reverence and devotion—an orientation central to Shaiva Siddhānta.

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

By emphasizing “honouring Śaṅkara,” the verse supports saguna-upāsanā—devotional worship of Śiva in a personal form, which in practice includes Linga worship as the accessible, compassionate embodiment of the transcendent Lord.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is bhakti expressed as respectful worship (sabhājana): perform Śiva-pūjā with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a reverent attitude, seeing the act as sacred līlā offered to Śiva.