Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 44

भूतत्रिपुरधर्मवर्णनम् (Description of the Dharma/Conduct of the Bhūta-Tripura) — Chapter 3

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तद्भोगिनो दैत्या लिंगार्चनपरायणाः । अनेकविधसंपत्तेर्मोक्षस्यापि परत्र च

Transliteration

tasmāttadbhogino daityā liṃgārcanaparāyaṇāḥ | anekavidhasaṃpattermokṣasyāpi paratra ca

Translation

അതിനാൽ ആ ദൈത്യന്മാർ ലിംഗാരാധനയിൽ തൽപരരായി ആ ഭോഗങ്ങൾ അനുഭവിക്കുകയും, പലവിധത്തിലുള്ള സമ്പത്തും പരലോകത്ത് മോക്ഷവും പ്രാപിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; हेत्वर्थ (therefore/from that)

• तद्भोगिनः: enjoying that (result)
• तद्भोगिनः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् + भोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य भोगिनः = enjoyers of that)

• दैत्या: the Daityas (demons)
• दैत्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• लिङ्गार्चनपरायणाः: devoted to liṅga-worship
• लिङ्गार्चनपरायणाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग + अर्चन + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (लिङ्गस्य अर्चने परायणाः = devoted to worship of the liṅga)

• अनेकविधसंपत्तेः: of manifold prosperity
• अनेकविधसंपत्तेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनेक + विध + संपत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अनेकविधा या संपत्तिः तस्याः = of many kinds of prosperity)

• मोक्षस्य: of liberation
• मोक्षस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवाद-निपात (also/even)

• परत्र: in the hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (elsewhere; in the next world)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana account to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Tripurāntaka

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Tripura’s Daityas are portrayed as liṅga-arcana-parāyaṇa; their worship yields both bhoga (anekavidha-sampatti) and even mokṣa ‘paratra’—a Purāṇic assertion that Śiva’s grace is not restricted by birth/species.

Significance: Teaches the universality of liṅga-bhakti: even ‘asura’ identity does not bar liberation if devotion is genuine; also warns that merit can coexist with latent bondage requiring Śiva’s corrective tirodhāna later in the narrative.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares that sincere Liṅga-arcana purifies even battle-bound, desire-driven beings and can yield both worldly well-being and the highest end—moksha—by turning the soul toward Pati (Shiva), the liberating Lord.

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

The Liṅga is Saguna Shiva’s accessible emblem for worship; devotion to it gathers merit, steadies bhakti, and culminates in Shiva’s grace, which alone can cut the pasha (bondage) and grant liberation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Liṅga-arcana: regular abhiṣeka and offering with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), performed with purity and devotion; optionally supported by bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as Shaiva disciplines.