Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 30
देवस्तुतिः—शिवस्य परब्रह्मत्वं, मायाशक्तिः, कर्मफलप्रदातृत्वं च
Devas’ Hymn: Śiva as Parabrahman, Māyā-Śakti, and Giver of Karmic Fruits
भस्मदिग्धशरीराय रुद्राक्षाभरणाय च । नमो ह्रस्वाय दीर्घाय वामनाय नमोस्तु ते
bhasmadigdhaśarīrāya rudrākṣābharaṇāya ca | namo hrasvāya dīrghāya vāmanāya namostu te
പവിത്ര ഭസ്മം പുരട്ടിയ ദേഹമുള്ളവനും, രുദ്രാക്ഷാഭരണങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കൃതനുമായ പ്രഭുവിനു നമഃ. ഹേ പ്രഭോ! ചെറുതും മഹത്തും, വാമനസ്വരൂപവും സർവ്വവ്യാപ്തിയും ആയ നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the hymn of praise within the Satī-khaṇḍa context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Bhikṣāṭana
Mantra: भस्मदिग्धशरीराय रुद्राक्षाभरणाय च । नमो ह्रस्वाय दीर्घाय वामनाय नमोस्तु ते
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It praises Śiva through Shaiva Siddhānta markers—Bhasma and Rudrākṣa—signifying purity, renunciation, and devotion, while affirming His paradoxical nature: simultaneously immanent (near, small) and transcendent (vast, limitless).
The verse highlights Saguna Śiva worship through visible sacred emblems (bhasma/Tripuṇḍra and Rudrākṣa), which traditionally accompany Liṅga-pūjā and japa, training the mind to recognize the Nirguṇa Reality through a concrete devotional form.
Adopt Shaiva discipline: apply bhasma (vibhūti/Tripuṇḍra), wear Rudrākṣa, and perform japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with the contemplation that Śiva is both the smallest within and the infinite beyond.