Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 13

वसन्तस्वरूपवर्णनम् — Description of the Form/Nature of Vasant

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Devanagari script

कांताभिलाषमात्रं मे दृष्ट्वा शम्भुरगर्हयत् । मां च युष्मान्महायोगी धिक्कारं कृतवान्बहु

Transliteration

kāṃtābhilāṣamātraṃ me dṛṣṭvā śambhuragarhayat | māṃ ca yuṣmānmahāyogī dhikkāraṃ kṛtavānbahu

Translation

Melihat pada diriku hanya sedikit keinginan akan seorang suami, Śambhu menegurku; dan Sang Mahāyogin itu berkali-kali mencela aku dan kamu semua.

Word by Word

• कान्ता-अभिलाष-मात्रम्: mere desire for a beloved (wife)
• कान्ता-अभिलाष-मात्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ता (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिलाष (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला: ‘beloved/wife’ + ‘desire’ + ‘mere/only’

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• अगर्हयत्: reproached, censured
• अगर्हयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: अ- (here as augment of लङ्)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• युष्मान्: you (all)
• युष्मान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन

• महायोगी: the great yogī
• महायोगी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘great’ + ‘yogī’

• धिक्कारम्: rebuke, censure
• धिक्कारम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धिक्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• कृतवान्: did / made
• कृतवान्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्तवतु-प्रत्यय (perfect participle active); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; finite sense with implied ‘अस्ति’

• बहु: much, greatly
• बहु: Visheshana (विशेषण/Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण अव्यय (adverbial use of neuter accusative)

Speaker

Sati (addressing her attendants/companions while narrating Shiva’s response)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sati

FAQs

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

The verse highlights Shiva as Mahāyogī who rejects even subtle ego-driven desire, guiding the seeker toward purity of intention, detachment (vairāgya), and devotion that seeks Shiva as Pati—the liberating Lord—rather than worldly gratification.

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

Linga worship trains the mind to move from personal craving to reverent surrender: Saguna Shiva corrects the devotee’s motives, so the heart becomes fit to worship the Linga not as a means for pleasures, but as a doorway to inner stillness and grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice japa of the Panchākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with a vow of restraint, meditate on Shiva as Mahāyogī, and adopt simple Shaiva observances like Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders to subdue desire and stabilize the mind.