Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 34

प्रयागे महत्समाजः — शिवदर्शनं दक्षागमनं च

The Great Assembly at Prayāga: Śiva’s Appearance and Dakṣa’s Arrival

Devanagari script

कामात्मानर्स्स्वर्गपराः क्रोधलोभमदान्विताः । भवंतु सततं विप्रा भिक्षुका निरपत्रपाः

Transliteration

kāmātmānarssvargaparāḥ krodhalobhamadānvitāḥ | bhavaṃtu satataṃ viprā bhikṣukā nirapatrapāḥ

Translation

ఆ బ్రాహ్మణులు కామవశులై, స్వర్గానికే పరులై, క్రోధ-లోభ-మదాలతో కూడినవారై ఉండుగాక. ఓ విప్రులారా, వారు ఎల్లప్పుడూ నిర్లజ్జ భిక్షుకులుగా ఉండుగాక।

Word by Word

• कामात्मानः: whose nature is desire
• कामात्मानः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• स्वर्गपराः: intent on heaven
• स्वर्गपराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग-पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• क्रोधलोभमदान्विताः: endowed with anger, greed, and pride
• क्रोधलोभमदान्विताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध-लोभ-मद-अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• भवन्तु: let them be
• भवन्तु: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सततम्: always
• सततम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• विप्राः: brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• भिक्षुकाः: beggars
• भिक्षुकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• निरपत्रपाः: shameless
• निरपत्रपाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-अपत्रप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Satī (as a curse spoken in the Dakṣa-yajña narrative context of the Satīkhaṇḍa, reported by Sūta to the sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Bhikṣāṭana

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: destructive

Characters & Entities

• Sati
• Brahmanas

FAQs

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

The verse condemns dharma performed with impure motives—desire for heavenly reward and the inner poisons of anger, greed, and pride. In a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, such states strengthen pāśa (bondage) and block true Shiva-bhakti and liberation.

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

It contrasts reward-seeking ritualism with sincere devotion. Linga/Saguna Shiva worship is meant to purify the heart and orient the soul toward Pati (Shiva), not merely to accumulate merit for svarga; otherwise worship becomes external and spiritually fruitless.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied remedy is purification through Shiva-upāsanā: japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with humility, along with Shaiva disciplines like vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) and Rudrākṣa worn in devotion—practiced to reduce desire, anger, greed, and pride.