Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 45

रुद्रस्य रणप्रवेशः तथा दैत्यगणानां बाणवृष्टिः

Rudra Enters the Battlefield; the Daityas’ Arrow-Storm

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा पार्वती विष्णुं जगन्माता शिवप्रिया । प्रसन्नमनसोवाच प्रणमंतं कृतांजलिम्

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā pārvatī viṣṇuṃ jaganmātā śivapriyā | prasannamanasovāca praṇamaṃtaṃ kṛtāṃjalim

Translation

Увидев Вишну, склонившегося в поклоне со сложенными в анджали ладонями, Парвати — Мать миров и возлюбленная Шивы — с умом спокойным и благосклонным обратилась к нему.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक (having seen)

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जगत्-माता: mother of the world
• जगत्-माता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः माता)

• शिव-प्रिया: beloved of Śiva
• शिव-प्रिया: Visheshana of Karta (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य प्रिया)

• प्रसन्न-मनसा: with a pleased mind
• प्रसन्न-मनसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्या मनः प्रसन्नम्) — ‘with a pleased mind’

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रणमन्तम्: bowing
• प्रणमन्तम्: Visheshana of Karma (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु) → प्रणमत् (कृदन्त; शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले (present active participle: bowing)

• कृत-अञ्जलिम्: with folded hands
• कृत-अञ्जलिम्: Visheshana of Karma (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु, क्त) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कृतः अञ्जलिः येन) — ‘with hands joined’

Speaker

Parvati

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Vishnu
• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights humility (praṇāma) and inner clarity (prasanna-manas) as the proper approach to divine grace. In a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, honoring Pārvatī as Śiva’s Śakti indicates that devotion matures when one reveres both Pati (Śiva) and His inseparable power (Śakti) with a purified mind.

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

Though the Liṅga is not named here, the mood is foundational to Saguna worship: reverent salutation with folded hands and a calm mind. Since Pārvatī is Śiva’s beloved and the Mother of the worlds, honoring her aligns the devotee with Śiva-tattva and prepares one for Liṅga-pūjā performed with devotion and right attitude.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied practice is añjali-mudrā with namaskāra and cultivating prasanna-manas before prayer—beginning any Śiva-pūjā or japa (such as the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with respectful bowing and mental purification.