Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 29
The Teaching on Śiva-Dharma and the Supremacy of Food-Giving
within the Pitṛtīrtha–Yayāti Episode
रुद्रलोकमिति प्रोक्तमशेषगुणसंयुतम् । सर्वेषां शिवभक्तानां तत्पुरं परिकीर्तितम्
rudralokamiti proktamaśeṣaguṇasaṃyutam | sarveṣāṃ śivabhaktānāṃ tatpuraṃ parikīrtitam
ထိုနေရာကို ‘ရုဒ္ဒရလောက’ ဟု ခေါ်ကြပြီး ဂုဏ်သတ္တိအားလုံးနှင့် ပြည့်စုံ၏; ထိုမြို့သည် ရှိဝဘက္တများအားလုံး၏ နေရာတော်ဟု ကျော်ကြားကာ ကီർത്തিত၏။
Unspecified in provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Bhūmi-khaṇḍa 69)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: रुद्रलोकम्+इति→रुद्रलोकमिति; प्रोक्तम्+अशेष→प्रोक्तमशेष; तत्+पुरम्→तत्पुरम् (पदच्छेदे ‘तत्’ ‘पुरम्’); परिकीर्तितम् standalone.
FAQs
Rudraloka is described as a realm “endowed with every excellence,” renowned as the abode (city) of Śiva’s devotees.
It presents devotion to Śiva as the defining qualification for attaining Rudraloka, highlighting devotion (bhakti) as spiritually decisive.
The verse implies that cultivating sincere devotion and virtuous qualities aligned with Śiva leads to an exalted spiritual destination.