Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 19

कामशापानुग्रहः (Kāmaśāpānugraha) — “The Curse and Grace Concerning Kāma”

Devanagari script

ततस्तानपि धात्रादीन् सर्वानेव च मानसान् । पृथक् पुष्पशरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्मोहयामास मोहनः

Transliteration

tatastānapi dhātrādīn sarvāneva ca mānasān | pṛthak puṣpaśaraistīkṣṇairmohayāmāsa mohanaḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം ആ മോഹകൻ കാമദേവൻ തീക്ഷ്ണമായ പുഷ്പശരങ്ങളാൽ ധാത്ര മുതലായ എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരെയും, മനസ്സിൽ ജനിച്ച എല്ലാ മാനസജ സത്തകളെയും വേർതിരിച്ച് മോഹിപ്പിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय; adverb (then/thereafter)

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; Accusative plural

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय; particle (also/even)

• dhātrādīn: Dhātṛ and others
• dhātrādīn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhātṛ + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; Accusative plural; तत्पुरुष (आदि-समास: धाता आदि येषां ते)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; Accusative plural; विशेषण (qualifying dhātrādīn/mānasān)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय; emphatic particle

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction

• mānasān: mind-born ones (Manasas)
• mānasān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; Accusative plural

• pṛthak: separately
• pṛthak: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय)
• Form: पृथक्त्ववाचक-अव्यय; adverb (separately/individually)

• puṣpaśaraiḥ: with flower-arrows
• puṣpaśaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa + śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; तत्पुरुष (पुष्पाणि एव शराः)

• tīkṣṇaiḥ: sharp, piercing
• tīkṣṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; विशेषण (qualifying puṣpaśaraiḥ)

• mohayāmāsa: bewildered, deluded
• mohayāmāsa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muh (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्) causative (णिच्); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd/प्रथम), एकवचन; 3rd person singular perfect causative

• mohanaḥ: the deluder (Kāma)
• mohanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mohana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Kama
• Dhatr

FAQs

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

It highlights how kāma (desire) can bewilder even exalted beings; Shaiva Siddhanta stresses taking refuge in Pati (Shiva) to transcend moha and stabilize the mind in devotion and discernment.

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

Linga/Saguna Shiva worship is presented as an anchor beyond mental fluctuation—by fixing attention on Shiva’s form and mantra, the devotee weakens the ‘flower-arrows’ of desire that disturb inner worship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namah Shivaya) with mental restraint (niyama) and, where appropriate, Tripundra-bhasma and Rudraksha as supports for vairagya and steadiness against kāma-driven distraction.