Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 23

कुमाराभिषेकवर्णनम् — Description of Kumāra’s Abhiṣeka

Consecration/Installation

Devanagari script

जहुर्षुर्विनतस्कंधा नमश्शब्दरतास्तदा । परिवार्योपतस्थुस्ते वामदक्षिणमागताः

Transliteration

jahurṣurvinataskaṃdhā namaśśabdaratāstadā | parivāryopatasthuste vāmadakṣiṇamāgatāḥ

Translation

ਤਦ, ਸ਼ਰਧਾ ਨਾਲ ਝੁਕੇ ਹੋਏ ਮੋਢਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਅਤੇ 'ਨਮਹ' ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦੇ ਉਚਾਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਗਨ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਉਹ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਚਾਰੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਖੱਬੇ ਅਤੇ ਸੱਜੇ ਖੜ੍ਹੇ ਹੋ ਗਏ।

Word by Word

• jahurṣuḥ: they abandoned/ceased
• jahurṣuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hā (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• vinata-skandhāḥ: with bowed shoulders
• vinata-skandhāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vinata (कृदन्त; √nam/नम्, past participle) + skandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); बहुव्रीहि—विनतौ स्कन्धौ यस्य ते

• namaḥ-śabda-ratāḥ: delighting in the word ‘namaḥ’ (uttering salutations)
• namaḥ-śabda-ratāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: namaḥ (अव्यय/निपात) + śabda (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (कृदन्त; √ram/रम्, past participle used adjectivally)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष—नमः-शब्दे रताः

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; temporal adverb (कालवाचक)

• parivārya: having surrounded
• parivārya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√vṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), avyaya-kṛdanta; ‘having surrounded’

• upatasthuḥ: they attended/stood near
• upatasthuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• te: they/those
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vāma-dakṣiṇam: left and right (sides)
• vāma-dakṣiṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāma (प्रातिपदिक) + dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); द्वन्द्व—वामं च दक्षिणं च

• āgatāḥ: having come/arrived
• āgatāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: Past active participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: namaḥ

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights the Shaiva Siddhanta mood of dāsya-bhakti (reverent service): humility (bowed posture), mantra-oriented reverence (“namaḥ”), and attentive presence around the Lord—signs of surrender to Pati (Shiva).

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

It reflects Saguna worship through embodied gestures—circumambulating/standing near and offering “namaḥ.” The same devotion is directed to the Shiva-liṅga in pūjā: approaching, surrounding (parikramā), and honoring Shiva as the accessible compassionate Lord.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice repeated “namaḥ” (as in the Panchākṣarī, Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with a bowed, humble attitude; accompany it with respectful attendance in pūjā—standing near the liṅga, offering namaskāra, and performing pradakṣiṇā.