Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 48

मृत्युञ्जय-विद्या-प्रादुर्भावः

The Manifestation/Transmission of the Mṛtyuñjaya Vidyā

Devanagari script

त्वयेदं स्थापितं लिंगं शुक्रेशमिति संज्ञितम् । येऽर्चयिष्यंति भनुजास्तेषां सिद्धिर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

tvayedaṃ sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ śukreśamiti saṃjñitam | ye'rcayiṣyaṃti bhanujāsteṣāṃ siddhirbhaviṣyati

Translation

ଏହି ଲିଙ୍ଗ ତୁମେ ସ୍ଥାପନ କରିଛ; ଏହା ‘ଶୁକ୍ରେଶ’ ନାମରେ ପରିଚିତ। ଭାନୁଙ୍କ ବଂଶଜ ଯେ ଏହାକୁ ଅର୍ଚ୍ଚନ କରିବେ, ସେମାନେ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ସିଦ୍ଧି ପାଇବେ।

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular) — here as demonstrative for liṅgaṃ

• स्थापितम्: installed, established
• स्थापितम्: कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातु (causative stem) ‘स्थापयति’ from √स्था; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: कर्म (Karman/Object; passive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुक्रेशम्: (as) Śukreśa
• शुक्रेशम्: सम्बन्ध (Appositional naming)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास: शुक्रस्य ईशः (Lord of Śukra); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular) — नामरूपेण (as a name/appellation)

• इति: thus, as
• इति: सम्बन्ध (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशक (quotative particle)

• संज्ञितम्: named, designated
• संज्ञितम्: कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘named/called’

• ये: those who
• ये: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• भानुजाः: sons of Bhānu (Bhānuja-s)
• भानुजाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; apposition to ye)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Generic), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सिद्धिः: success, attainment
• सिद्धिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Shiva (bestowing the name and फलश्रुति for the Liṅga worship)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Śiva names a newly established Liṅga as “Śukreśa” and grants a phalaśruti: Bhānu’s descendants who worship it attain siddhi. The naming functions as a local-māhātmya establishing the site’s salvific efficacy.

Significance: Worship (arcana) of the Śukreśa-liṅga is promised siddhi—interpretable in Śaiva Siddhānta as both laukika success and, when joined with right devotion/knowledge, a movement toward Śiva’s anugraha.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga
• Shukresha
• Bhanu

FAQs

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

The verse functions as a phalaśruti: Śiva sanctifies a specific Liṅga by naming it Śukreśa and declares that devoted worship (arcana) leads to siddhi—spiritual success under Śiva’s grace.

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

It affirms Saguna-upāsanā through the Liṅga: the formless (nirguṇa) Śiva becomes approachable through a consecrated form, and sincere arcana to that form is said to yield definite spiritual fruition.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Regular Liṅga-arcana—offering water, flowers, and mantra-japa (commonly the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—is implied as the practical means for attaining siddhi through devotion.