Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 50

शङ्खचूडकस्य राज्याभिषेकः तथा शक्रपुरीं प्रति प्रस्थानम् | Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Coronation and March toward Indra’s City

Devanagari script

स एव परमात्मा हि विहरत्युमया सह । यत्र मायाविनिर्मुक्तो नित्यानित्य प्रकल्पकः

Transliteration

sa eva paramātmā hi viharatyumayā saha | yatra māyāvinirmukto nityānitya prakalpakaḥ

Translation

Он один воистину есть Параматман, пребывающий в божественной лиле вместе с Умой; там, полностью освобождённый от Майи, Он устанавливает и упорядочивает вечное и невечное.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed/alone
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• parama-ātmā: the Supreme Self
• parama-ātmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘supreme’ + ‘self’

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• viharati: sports/dwells
• viharati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hṛ (धातु) with vi- (विहर्/विहृ ‘to sport, roam’)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• umayā: with Umā
• umayā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)/Saha (सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश अव्यय (prepositional indeclinable) ‘with’; governs तृतीया

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (relative adverb)

• māyā-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from māyā
• māyā-vinirmuktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māyā (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirmukta (कृदन्त; √muc ‘to release’ with vi-nir-, PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘fully freed’; समास: māyā + vinirmukta (तत्पुरुष: ‘freed from māyā’)

• nitya-anitya: the eternal and the non-eternal
• nitya-anitya: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक) + anitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) or adjectival pair used as object-specifier; द्वन्द्व: ‘eternal and non-eternal’ (as a pair)

• prakalpakaḥ: the ordainer/creator
• prakalpakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakalpaka (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from √kḷp ‘to arrange/construct’ with pra-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक नाम

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Meditation on Umāpati—Śiva inseparable from Umā yet untouched by māyā—supports the Siddhāntic aim: pāśa-kṣaya through the Lord’s grace, culminating in liberation.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati (Uma)

FAQs

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

The verse affirms Shiva as Paramātmā who, though engaged in divine play with Umā, remains untouched by Māyā and sovereignly orders both the eternal principle and the changing world—pointing the seeker toward liberation by taking refuge in Pati (Shiva) beyond delusion.

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

It supports Saguna worship by presenting Shiva with Umā (a personal, worshipful form), while also declaring His transcendence of Māyā—so Linga worship becomes a doorway from form-based devotion to realization of Shiva as the Supreme Self.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva-Umā together while chanting the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplating Shiva as Māyā-transcendent; this inner japa-dhyāna aligns the mind away from the anitya (impermanent) toward the nitya (eternal).