Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 44

गाणपत्यदानकथा

Bāṇāsura Receives Gaṇapatya; Genealogical Prelude

Devanagari script

क्सरोभिस्समग्राभिरन्योन्यमभिमंत्रितम् । लब्धभावो यथा सद्यः पार्वत्या दर्शनोत्सुकः

Transliteration

ksarobhissamagrābhiranyonyamabhimaṃtritam | labdhabhāvo yathā sadyaḥ pārvatyā darśanotsukaḥ

Translation

समग्रैः क्सरोभिः परस्परमभिमन्त्रितैः; स तत्क्षणादेव लब्धभावो भूत्वा पार्वत्याः दर्शनायात्युत्सुकोऽभवत्।

Word by Word

• क्षरःभिः: by streams/flows
• क्षरःभिः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘क्षर’ = (प्रवाह/जलप्रवाह/धारा) इत्यर्थे

• समग्राभिः: by complete (ones), all together
• समग्राभिः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of क्षरःभिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘समग्र’ = complete/entire

• अन्योन्यम्: mutually
• अन्योन्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय; परस्परार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (reciprocal adverb: 'mutually')

• अभि-मन्त्रितम्: addressed/invoked
• अभि-मन्त्रितम्: Kriya-visheshya (क्रियाविशेष्य/Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्र् (धातु; अभि+मन्त्र्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘having been addressed/invoked’

• लब्ध-भावः: one who has attained the (desired) state/mood
• लब्ध-भावः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्ध (लभ्-धातोः क्त; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—लब्धः भावः यस्य सः

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Upamana (उपमान/Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative particle: 'as/just as')

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: 'immediately')

• पार्वत्या: by/through Pārvatī
• पार्वत्या: Karana (करण/Instrument; cause/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दर्शन-उत्सुकः: eager to see (her)
• दर्शन-उत्सुकः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of लब्धभावः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्सुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—दर्शनस्य उत्सुकः

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Parvati

FAQs

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

It highlights how the mind becomes steady and purposeful when aligned through sanctified intention (mantra/abhimantraṇa), and how devotion expresses itself as longing for divine darśana—an outer sign of inner reorientation toward Śiva-Śakti.

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

The verse emphasizes darśana and devotional eagerness, a key feature of Saguna worship—seeking the Lord (and Śakti) in an accessible form. In Shaiva practice, such yearning supports focused pūjā, including liṅga-upāsanā, where mantra and reverent attention culminate in darśana.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to mantra-japa and consecrated speech/intention (abhimantrita), used to gather the mind quickly; practically, one may do Panchākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and then take darśana of Śiva/Śakti in pūjā with a composed, devotional mind.