Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 51

वराङ्ग्याः सुतजन्म-उत्पातवर्णनम् | Birth of Varāṅgī’s Son and the Description of Portents

Utpātas

Devanagari script

समुद्राश्च तथा रत्नान्यदुस्तस्मै भयान्मुने । अकृष्टपच्यासीत्पृथ्वी प्रजाः कामदुघाः खिलाः

Transliteration

samudrāśca tathā ratnānyadustasmai bhayānmune | akṛṣṭapacyāsītpṛthvī prajāḥ kāmadughāḥ khilāḥ

Translation

Wahai muni, kerana takut, lautan-lautan dan juga permata-permata berharga menyerahkan diri kepadanya. Bumi mengeluarkan makanan tanpa dibajak, dan semua makhluk di mana-mana menjadi seperti pemenuh hajat—memberi apa yang diingini.

Word by Word

• समुद्राः: oceans
• समुद्राः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• रत्नानि: gems
• रत्नानि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अदुः: he (that one)
• अदुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदुस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Apadana (अपादान/source-cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अकृष्टपच्या: yielding food without ploughing (spontaneously productive)
• अकृष्टपच्या: Visheshana (विशेषण/adjective of पृथ्वी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकृष्ट-पच्या (प्रातिपदिक); अकृष्ट (कृष् धातु-निष्पन्न, past passive participle used adjectivally) + पच्या (पच् धातु-निष्पन्न, future passive participle/gerundive sense ‘to be cooked’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः कर्मधारयः (descriptive)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• पृथ्वी: the earth
• पृथ्वी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथ्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रजाः: creatures/people
• प्रजाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कामदुघाः: wish-fulfilling, yielding desires
• कामदुघाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/adjective of प्रजाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक); काम (प्रातिपदिक) + दुह् (धातु) → दुघा ‘milking/producing’
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kāmasya dugdhāḥ: ‘yielding desires’)

• खिलाः: all/entire (as a whole)
• खिलाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/adjective of प्रजाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

FAQs

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

The verse portrays the cosmic response to dharma becoming dominant: nature turns supportive and abundance arises effortlessly. In Shaiva understanding, when order aligns with Shiva’s will (Pati), the bonds of scarcity and disorder (pāśa) loosen, and the world reflects harmony.

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

Such prosperity is not presented as mere material luck but as the fruit of alignment with Saguna Shiva’s governance of the cosmos—Shiva as the Lord who upholds dharma. Linga-worship centers the devotee in that divine order, from which both worldly well-being and inner steadiness arise.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied takeaway is dharmic living supported by Shiva-bhakti: daily remembrance of Shiva through the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and simple Linga-pūjā, cultivating fearlessness and right conduct that invite auspiciousness.