Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 9

दक्षस्य तपः तथा जगदम्बायाः प्रत्यक्षता — Dakṣa’s Austerities and the Direct Manifestation of Jagadambā

Devanagari script

ततो यमादियुक्तस्य दक्षस्य मुनिसत्तम । जगदम्बा पूजयतः प्रत्यक्षमभवच्छिवा

Transliteration

tato yamādiyuktasya dakṣasya munisattama | jagadambā pūjayataḥ pratyakṣamabhavacchivā

Translation

അപ്പോൾ, ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, യമാദി നിയമങ്ങളാൽ യുക്തനായ ദക്ഷ പ്രജാപതി ജഗദംബയെ പൂജിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ, ശിവാ ദേവി അവന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷരൂപത്തിൽ അവതരിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘thereupon/from that’

• यमादियुक्तस्य: of (him) endowed with yama etc. (restraints)
• यमादियुक्तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त-आधारित प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यमादिभिः युक्तः इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष), पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘दक्षस्य’ इति विशेषण

• दक्षस्य: of Dakṣa
• दक्षस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• मुनिसत्तम: O best of sages
• मुनिसत्तम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मुनीनां सत्तमः), पुल्लिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

• जगदम्बा: Mother of the world
• जगदम्बा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: जगतः अम्बा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पूजयतः: you worship
• पूजयतः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; (हे मुनिसत्तम इति संबोधनसापेक्षं कथन)

• प्रत्यक्षम्: manifestly, directly
• प्रत्यक्षम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘manifestly/in person’

• अभवत्: became, appeared
• अभवत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शिवा: Śivā (the auspicious Goddess)
• शिवा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपद-समनाधिकरण (जगदम्बा = शिवा)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Daksha

FAQs

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

It teaches that when worship is joined with inner discipline (yama and related observances), the Divine Mother’s grace becomes tangible—culminating in pratyakṣa darśana, a direct experience of Śiva-Śakti’s presence.

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

The verse highlights saguna upāsanā—devotional worship leading to a visible manifestation. In Shaiva practice, the same principle applies to Linga worship: disciplined devotion invites the Lord’s and Śakti’s grace to be experienced directly in the heart and in sacred presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It implies combining ethical restraints (yama) with steady pūjā and mantra-japa—such as the pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—so that devotion is supported by purity, restraint, and focused contemplation.