Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 32

तारक-कुमार-युद्धवर्णनम् / Description of the Battle between Tāraka and Kumāra

Devanagari script

कुमारेण हतस्सोतिवीरस्स खलु तारकः । लयं ययौ च तत्रैव सर्वेषां पश्यतां मुने

Transliteration

kumāreṇa hatassotivīrassa khalu tārakaḥ | layaṃ yayau ca tatraiva sarveṣāṃ paśyatāṃ mune

Translation

ดูก่อนมุนี เมื่อทุกผู้เฝ้ามองอยู่ ตารกะผู้กล้าหาญยิ่งนั้นถูกพระกุมารประหาร และ ณ ที่นั้นเองก็เข้าสู่ลยะ (ความดับสงบ) ในบัดดล

Word by Word

• kumāreṇa: by Kumāra (Skanda)
• kumāreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृकरण (instrumental: by)

• hataḥ: slain
• hataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘हतः’ = slain

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ati-vīraḥ: the exceedingly valiant one
• ati-vīraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अति (प्रातिपदिक/उपसर्गवत्) + वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अतिशयेन वीरः’ (very mighty hero)

• khalu: indeed
• khalu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: खलु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/अवधारण (particle of emphasis/indeed)

• tārakaḥ: Tāraka
• tārakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• layaṃ: dissolution, destruction
• layaṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object/goal)

• yayau: went, attained
• yayau: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• tatra-eva: right there
• tatra-eva: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय) + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययसमूह; देशवाचक + अवधारण (locative adverb + emphatic particle)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive: of all)

• paśyatām: while (they) were watching
• paśyatām: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle) ‘पश्यत्’; षष्ठी बहुवचन (genitive plural) used with sarveṣām: ‘while (they) were seeing’

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Rudra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Kartikeya
• Tāraka

FAQs

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

It portrays the inevitable dissolution (laya) of adharmic power: even the strongest egoic force collapses when confronted by divinely empowered dharma, here embodied by Kumāra, the commander born of Shiva’s grace.

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

Kumāra acts as Shiva’s saguna instrument—Shiva’s protective power expressed in form—showing that devotion to Shiva’s manifest aspect safeguards cosmic order and removes obstructive forces.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Contemplate “laya” as inner dissolution: in japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offer pride, anger, and fear into Shiva, praying for the destruction of inner ‘Tāraka’ (the tyrant of ego).