Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 18

देवशरणागति-नारदप्रेषणम् | The Devas Take Refuge in Śiva; Nārada Is Sent

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां पञ्चमे युद्धखण्डे जलंधरवधोपाख्याने देवर्षिजलंधरसंवादो नामाष्टदशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcame yuddhakhaṇḍe jalaṃdharavadhopākhyāne devarṣijalaṃdharasaṃvādo nāmāṣṭadaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀଶିବମହାପୁରାଣର ଦ୍ୱିତୀୟ ରୁଦ୍ରସଂହିତାର ପଞ୍ଚମ ଯୁଦ୍ଧଖଣ୍ଡରେ ଜଲନ୍ଧରବଧୋପାଖ୍ୟାନ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ‘ଦେବର୍ଷି–ଜଲନ୍ଧର ସଂବାଦ’ ନାମକ ଅଷ୍ଟାଦଶ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle: thus)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (title compound)

• द्वितीयायाम्: in the second
• द्वितीयायाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Rudrasaṃhitā
• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: रुद्रस्य संहिता

• पञ्चमे: in the fifth
• पञ्चमे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (agreeing with खण्डे)

• युद्ध-खण्डे: in the Yuddhakhaṇḍa (war section)
• युद्ध-खण्डे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: युद्धस्य खण्डः

• जलंधर-वध-उपाख्याने: in the episode of the slaying of Jalandhara
• जलंधर-वध-उपाख्याने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलंधर (प्रातिपदिक) + वध (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: जलंधरस्य वधः तस्य उपाख्यानम् (episode of Jalandhara's slaying)

• देवर्षि-जलंधर-संवादः: the dialogue of Devarṣi and Jalandhara
• देवर्षि-जलंधर-संवादः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + जलंधर (प्रातिपदिक) + संवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: देवर्षिणा सह जलंधरस्य संवादः (dialogue between Devarṣi and Jalandhara)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable: ‘named/called’)

• अष्टादशः: eighteenth
• अष्टादशः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: अष्ट + दश (eighteen)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (traditional Purana colophon closure within Suta’s narration to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon marker concluding the chapter within the Jalandhara-vadha upākhyāna; it situates the narrative frame (Sūta → Naimiṣāraṇya sages) rather than a specific shrine legend.

Significance: Textual tīrtha: śravaṇa/paṭhana of the Śiva Purāṇa section is traditionally held to confer puṇya and steadiness in bhakti.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Jalandhara
• Devarshi (divine sage)

FAQs

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

This is a colophon verse marking the completion of a chapter, situating the teaching within the sacred textual hierarchy; it emphasizes that the Jalandhara episode is part of Shiva’s dharmic governance of the cosmos under Pati (Shiva) who ultimately subdues adharma.

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

While not prescribing a ritual directly, it anchors the narrative in the Rudra-saṃhitā where Saguna Shiva’s leelas (divine acts) reveal his protective role; such episodes support devotional contemplation of Shiva as the accessible Lord who upholds order.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Use this chapter-ending marker as a pause for svādhyāya (scriptural recitation) and bhakti: conclude reading with mental salutation to Shiva and remembrance of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to internalize the teaching before continuing.