Shloka 45

संहाररूप-प्रादुर्भावः

Manifestation of Śiva’s Saṃhāra-Form

Devanagari script

उल्कापाते महावाते विनावृष्ट्यतिवृष्टिषु । पठेद्यः प्रयतो विद्वाञ् शिवभक्तो दृढव्रतः

Transliteration

ulkāpāte mahāvāte vināvṛṣṭyativṛṣṭiṣu | paṭhedyaḥ prayato vidvāñ śivabhakto dṛḍhavrataḥ

Translation

ఉల్కాపాతం, మహావాయువు, అనావృష్టి మరియు అతివృష్టి సమయాలలో—సంయమంతో, విద్యతో, దృఢవ్రతంతో ఉన్న శివభక్తుడు దీనిని పఠిస్తే, ప్రభువు కృపచేత రక్షింపబడతాడు।

Word by Word

• उल्का-पाते: during a meteor-fall
• उल्का-पाते: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उल्का (प्रातिपदिक) + पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘उल्कापात’ = meteor-fall

• महा-वाते: in a great storm-wind
• महा-वाते: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘महावात’ = great wind/storm

• विना-वृष्टि-अति-वृष्टिषु: in droughts and excessive rains
• विना-वृष्टि-अति-वृष्टिषु: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विना (अव्यय) + वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व: ‘विनावृष्टि’ (no-rain/drought) + ‘अतिवृष्टि’ (excessive rain)

• पठेत्: should recite
• पठेत्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘he should recite’

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• प्रयतः: disciplined
• प्रयतः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘disciplined/controlled’ qualifying ‘यः’

• विद्वान्: a learned man
• विद्वान्: कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from विद् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; present participial stem used as noun/adjective

• शिव-भक्तः: a devotee of Śiva
• शिव-भक्तः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (भज् धातु, क्त-कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘devotee of Śiva’

• दृढ-व्रतः: firm-vowed
• दृढ-व्रतः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘firm in vow’ qualifying subject

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Rudra

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account; it extends the protective prescription to celestial and climatic disasters (meteors, storms, drought, flood) and stresses practitioner-qualification (prayata, vidvān, dṛḍhavrata).

Significance: Teaches that steadfast vow and understanding turn recitation into a living shelter; the ‘kṣetra’ is the disciplined heart rather than geography.

Mantra Metadata

Type: kavaca

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: ulkāpāta (meteors/fiery omens), mahāvāta (great winds), climatic extremes (drought/flood)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that unwavering Śiva-bhakti—expressed through disciplined recitation—invokes divine grace that steadies the mind and protects the devotee amid fearful omens and natural upheavals.

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

In Śaiva practice, recitation is typically done before the Śiva-liṅga (Saguna focus) as a concrete support for devotion, through which the devotee receives Pati (Śiva)’s safeguarding power while transcending fear and karmic agitation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform purified japa with firm vrata—ideally with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma), Rudrākṣa, and focused repetition of Śiva-mantra (commonly the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) during times of calamity.