Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 12

गणेशाभिषेक-वरदान-विधानम् | Gaṇeśa’s Consecration, Boons, and Prescribed Worship

Devanagari script

तस्य वै सकला सिद्धिर्भविष्यति न संशयः । विघ्नान्यनेकरूपाणि क्षयं यास्यंत्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

tasya vai sakalā siddhirbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | vighnānyanekarūpāṇi kṣayaṃ yāsyaṃtyasaṃśayam

Translation

ତାହାର ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ସିଦ୍ଧି ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ହେବ—ଏଥିରେ ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ। ଅନେକ ରୂପର ବିଘ୍ନମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ନଶ୍ଟ ହେବେ।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him / for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (genitive singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; indeed)

• सकला: complete / entire
• सकला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (fem. nominative singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier of सिद्धिः)

• सिद्धिः: success / attainment
• सिद्धिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (fem. nominative singular)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (3rd person singular)

• न: not / no
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (masc. nominative singular)

• विघ्नानि: obstacles
• विघ्नानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (masc. nom./acc. plural); अत्र कर्तृपदे (here as subject)

• अनेक-रूपाणि: of many forms
• अनेक-रूपाणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (अनेकानि रूपाणि यस्य), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (neut. nom./acc. plural); विशेषणम् (qualifier of विघ्नानि)

• क्षयम्: destruction / end
• क्षयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (masc. accusative singular)

• यास्यन्ति: will go to / will reach
• यास्यन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम् (3rd person plural)

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• असंशयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशयम् (अव्ययवत्; नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative; 'without doubt')

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the puranic teaching within the Kumārakhaṇḍa context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: States the phala-śruti: siddhi and vighna-nāśa. In Śaiva Siddhānta terms, obstacles (vighna) are expressions of pāśa (māyā/karma) that are attenuated when Śiva’s anugraha is invoked through proper worship.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It affirms a Shaiva principle: when one takes refuge in Shiva with steady devotion, grace (anugraha) ripens into siddhi, and the binding obstacles (vighnas) that arise from karma and inner impurities are dissolved.

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

In Linga/Saguna Shiva worship, the devotee approaches Shiva through a concrete, sanctifying form; this verse promises that such committed upasana culminates in successful attainment and the removal of impediments that hinder worship and spiritual progress.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform regular Shiva-upasana—especially japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with purity, and disciplined vrata on auspicious days like Mahashivratri—so obstacles are pacified and spiritual focus becomes firm.