Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 16

तारकपीडितदेवशरणागतिḥ — The Devas Seek Refuge from Tāraka

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां तृतीये पार्वतीखण्ड देवसांत्वनवर्णनं नाम षोडशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍa devasāṃtvanavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так завершается шестнадцатая глава, именуемая «Описание утешения девов», в Парвати-кханде (третьем разделе) Рудра-самхиты, в составе «Шри Шива Махапураны».

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipata (निपात/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative/closure)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; शीर्षक-समास (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय) ‘the venerable Śiva Mahāpurāṇa’

• द्वितीयायाम्: in the second
• द्वितीयायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (संहितायाम्)

• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Rudra-saṃhitā
• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘रुद्रस्य संहिता’

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (खण्डे)

• पार्वती-खण्डे: in the Pārvatī section
• पार्वती-खण्डे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘पार्वत्याः खण्डः’

• देव-सांत्वन-वर्णनम्: the description of consoling the gods
• देव-सांत्वन-वर्णनम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + सांत्वन (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘देवानां सांत्वनस्य वर्णनम्’

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sanjna (संज्ञा/Naming)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः अव्ययवत्; संज्ञासूचक (naming particle)

• षोडशः: sixteenth
• षोडशः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (अध्यायः)

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

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon verse marking chapter closure; no specific sthala narrative.

Significance: Textual ‘tīrtha’: hearing/reciting the chapter is framed as meritorious in Purāṇic tradition, supporting śravaṇa-bhakti and remembrance of Śiva’s salvific role.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Devas

FAQs

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

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter, emphasizing the Purāṇic method of preserving sacred teaching through clear textual closure and lineage-based narration (Sūta to the sages), reaffirming that refuge in Śiva’s grace is the core thread of the section.

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

Though not a ritual instruction itself, the chapter title signals a narrative where the devas seek reassurance and protection—typically fulfilled through turning toward Saguna Śiva (the compassionate Lord accessible to devotion), which in practice is expressed through Liṅga-worship, mantra, and surrender.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As an end-of-chapter marker, it implicitly encourages śravaṇa (devotional listening/reading) of the Śiva Purāṇa; a fitting takeaway practice is japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with a calm, consoling bhāva of taking refuge in Śiva.