Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 51

पूजाविधिः

Pūjā-vidhiḥ) — The Supreme Procedure of Worship (Morning Observances

Devanagari script

जयजयेति शब्दश्च सेवितं भक्त पूजकैः । तेजसा दुःसहेनैव दुर्लक्ष्यं देवसेवितम्

Transliteration

jayajayeti śabdaśca sevitaṃ bhakta pūjakaiḥ | tejasā duḥsahenaiva durlakṣyaṃ devasevitam

Translation

భక్త పూజకులు “జయ జయ” అని ఘోషించి సేవించారు; కానీ ఆయన అసహ్యమైన తేజస్సు వల్ల, దేవతలు ఆరాధించినప్పటికీ ఆయనను దర్శించడం దుర్లభమైంది।

Word by Word

• जय-जय: ‘victory, victory!’
• जय-जय: Vākyārtha-sūcaka (वाक्यार्थ-सूचक/Quoted cry)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक) + jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनुकरण/उद्गार-प्रयोग (reduplicated cry used as quoted exclamation)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyārtha-sūcaka (वाक्यार्थ-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative)

• शब्दः: sound/cry
• शब्दः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śabda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• सेवितम्: attended/served
• सेवितम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु) + सेवित (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here predicative with ‘शब्दः’ (understood as ‘is attended/served’)

• भक्त-पूजकैः: by devotee-worshippers
• भक्त-पूजकैः: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument-Agentive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: ‘भक्ताः (एव) पूजकाः’; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तेजसा: by (his) splendor
• तेजसा: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दुःसहेन: unbearable
• दुःसहेन: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥsaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंवद्भावेन, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘तेजसा’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• दुर्लक्ष्यम्: hard to perceive
• दुर्लक्ष्यम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur (उपसर्ग) + lakṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate/qualifier (hard to perceive)

• देव-सेवितम्: served by the gods
• देव-सेवितम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + sevita (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘देवैः सेवितम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifier of the described entity (Śiva/form)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya within the Rudra Saṃhitā creation narrative)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadashiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: jaya jaya iti

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devas

FAQs

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

It contrasts Shiva’s immanence and transcendence: He is joyfully praised by devotees and even the devas, yet His tejas (divine radiance) makes Him difficult to grasp with ordinary perception—pointing to Shiva as Pati who is beyond the senses, approached through bhakti.

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

The verse highlights that while Shiva’s essential reality can be durlakṣya (hard to see), worship provides an accessible focus—classically the Śiva-liṅga as Saguna support—through which devotees relate to the transcendent Lord without reducing His boundless nature.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Devotional jaya-jaya kīrtana and mantra-japa are implied as the practical means to approach the hard-to-perceive Lord; in Shiva Purana practice this is commonly paired with liṅga-pūjā, offering of bilva leaves, and steady remembrance (smaraṇa) of Shiva’s presence.