Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 18

शिवस्य सैन्यप्रयाणम् तथा गणपतिनामावलिः (Śiva’s Mobilization for War and the Catalogue of Gaṇa Commanders)

Devanagari script

सनाहश्च शतेनैव कुमुदः कोटिभिस्तथा । अमोघः कोकिलश्चैव शतकोट्या सुमंत्रकः

Transliteration

sanāhaśca śatenaiva kumudaḥ koṭibhistathā | amoghaḥ kokilaścaiva śatakoṭyā sumaṃtrakaḥ

Translation

സനാഹൻ നൂറ് (സേന)കളോടുകൂടെ വന്നു; കുമുദൻ കോടികളോടുകൂടെ വന്നു. അമോഘനും കോകിലനും കൂടി എത്തി; സുമന്ത്രകൻ ശതകോടിയോടുകൂടെ വന്നു—ഇങ്ങനെ യുദ്ധത്തിനായി ഗണസമൂഹം ഒന്നിച്ചു ചേർന്നു।

Word by Word

• सनाहः: Sanāha (name)
• सनाहः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• शतेन: by/with a hundred (i.e., a hundred [units])
• शतेन: Sankhya/Parimāṇa (परिमाण/number-quantifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (numeral)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कुमुदः: Kumuda (name)
• कुमुदः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कोटिभिः: by/with crores
• कोटिभिः: Sankhya/Parimāṇa (परिमाण/number-quantifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); संख्यावाचक (crores)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

• अमोघः: Amogha (name)
• अमोघः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमोघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कोकिलः: Kokila (name)
• कोकिलः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोकिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• शतकोट्या: by/with a hundred crores
• शतकोट्या: Sankhya/Parimāṇa (परिमाण/number-quantifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; द्विगुसमास (numeral compound)

• सुमंत्रकः: Sumantraka (name)
• सुमंत्रकः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + मंत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक-तत्पुरुष (सु- ‘good’ + मंत्रक)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra

Characters & Entities

• Sanāha
• Kumuda
• Amogha
• Kokila
• Sumantraka

FAQs

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

By naming leaders and counting vast forces, the Purana highlights that even immense worldly power is still part of the Lord’s ordered cosmos; true refuge is Pati (Shiva), not mere numbers or armies.

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

The Yuddhakhaṇḍa setting emphasizes Saguna Shiva as the Lord who governs events, protects dharma, and directs outcomes; devotion to the Linga recognizes that all manifest powers ultimately depend on Shiva’s will.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to steady the mind amid ‘battle-like’ life by japa of the Panchākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and maintaining Shaiva discipline such as Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha as supports for remembrance of Shiva.