Shloka 43

Devanagari script

कर्ता हर्त्ता त्वं हि सर्वस्य शम्भो नानारूपेष्वेकरूपोऽप्यरूपः । यद्वत्प्रत्यग्धर्म एकोऽप्यनेकस्तस्मान्नान्यन्त्वां विनेशम्प्रपद्ये

Transliteration

kartā harttā tvaṃ hi sarvasya śambho nānārūpeṣvekarūpo'pyarūpaḥ | yadvatpratyagdharma eko'pyanekastasmānnānyantvāṃ vineśamprapadye

Translation

О Шамбху, Ты один — Творец и Возвратитель всего сущего. Хотя Ты являешься во множестве образов, поистине Ты Един и вместе с тем превосходишь всякую форму. Как единый внутренний принцип (Атман) именуется многим по своим действиям, так и Ты един по сущности. Потому, кроме Тебя, о Владыка, я не ищу иного прибежища.

Word by Word

• कर्ता: creator/doer
• कर्ता: Karta (कर्ता; predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• हर्ता: destroyer/taker away
• हर्ता: Karta (कर्ता; predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुषार्थे, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक (indeclinable; indeed/for)

• सर्वस्य: of all
• सर्वस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• शम्भो: O Śambhu
• शम्भो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (vocative singular)

• नाना-रूपेषु: in various forms
• नाना-रूपेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास (नाना + रूपेषु); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (locative plural)

• एक-रूपः: one-formed
• एक-रूपः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective of त्वम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक (indeclinable; even/also)

• अरूपः: formless
• अरूपः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• यद्वत्: just as
• यद्वत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; comparative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानार्थक (indeclinable; just as)

• प्रत्यक्-धर्मः: the inner principle (pratyag-dharma)
• प्रत्यक्-धर्मः: Karta (कर्ता; in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यक् (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• एकः: one
• एकः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक (even)

• अनेकः: many
• अनेकः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान; reason/source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति निपातवत्; अपादानार्थक (ablative sense; therefore/from that)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karma (कर्म; object of implied 'seek/accept')
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म; object of प्रपद्ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; exclusion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वियोगार्थक उपपद (indeclinable preposition; without)

• ईशम्: the Lord
• ईशम्: Karma (कर्म; with विना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• प्रपद्ये: I surrender
• प्रपद्ये: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पद् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (I take refuge/surrender)

Speaker

A devotee-sage offering a hymn of surrender to Lord Shiva (as narrated within Śatarudrasaṃhitā by Suta Goswami).

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It affirms Shiva as both the source and the dissolver of the cosmos, teaching that his many manifest forms are expressions of one supreme reality; liberation comes through exclusive surrender to that one Lord as the final refuge.

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

The verse supports Saguna worship (forms and names) while grounding it in Nirguna truth: the Linga and other forms are approachable manifestations of the same formless Shiva who transcends all form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is śaraṇāgati (surrender) supported by japa and contemplation—such as repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” while meditating on Shiva as the one Lord appearing in many forms yet beyond form.