Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 40

दक्षयज्ञोत्तरवृत्तान्तः

Post–Dakṣa-Yajña Developments and the Appeal to Viṣṇu

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां द्वितीये सतीखंडे शिवदर्शनवर्णनं नाम चत्वारिंशोध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye satīkhaṃḍe śivadarśanavarṇanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീശിവമഹാപുരാണത്തിലെ രണ്ടാം ഗ്രന്ഥമായ ‘രുദ്രസംഹിത’യുടെ രണ്ടാം വിഭാഗമായ ‘സതീഖണ്ഡ’ത്തിൽ ‘ശിവദർശനവർണ്ണനം’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള നാല്പതാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (ends quotation)
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound (समास): Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (multi-member title compound); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• द्वितीयायाम्: in the second
• द्वितीयायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ordinal adjective

• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Rudra-saṃhitā
• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound (समास): Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘rudrasya saṃhitā’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• द्वितीये: in the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ordinal adjective

• सती-खण्डे: in the Satī-khaṇḍa section
• सती-खण्डे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound (समास): Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘satyāḥ khaṇḍaḥ’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• शिव-दर्शन-वर्णनम्: the description of Śiva’s दर्शन (vision/appearance)
• शिव-दर्शन-वर्णनम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject; title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound (समास): Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (multi-member; ‘śivasya darśanasya varṇanam’); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• नाम: named; called
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), nomen particle (नाम-प्रयोग)

• चत्वारिंशः: fortieth
• चत्वारिंशः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catvāriṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ordinal ‘fortieth’

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता/subject; chapter colophon)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (traditional Purāṇic colophon style, narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sati

FAQs

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

This is a concluding colophon that seals the chapter’s teaching: Śiva’s darśana is presented as a grace-bearing revelation, affirming that devotional encounter with Pati (Śiva) is central to liberation-oriented Shaiva practice.

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

By naming the chapter “Śiva-darśana-varṇana,” it frames Śiva as approachable through saguna manifestation and divine appearance; in Shaiva Siddhānta, such darśana supports devotion that culminates in the Lord’s grace, often expressed through Liṅga-worship and mantra.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

While the line itself is a colophon, the chapter-title implies darśana-oriented devotion: steady worship (pūjā) of Śiva—commonly via Liṅga, pañcākṣarī japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and purity disciplines like bhasma/tripuṇḍra—aimed at receiving Śiva’s grace.