Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 18

देव्याः क्रोधः शक्तिनिर्माणं च

Devī’s Wrath and the Manifestation of the Śaktis

Devanagari script

किं करिष्यति सा देवी संहारं वाप्यकालतः । इति संशयमापन्ना जीवनाशा हताऽभवत्

Transliteration

kiṃ kariṣyati sā devī saṃhāraṃ vāpyakālataḥ | iti saṃśayamāpannā jīvanāśā hatā'bhavat

Translation

“เทวีองค์นั้นจะทำสิ่งใด—จะก่อการสังหารก่อนกาลอันควรหรือ?” ครั้นตกอยู่ในความสงสัย ความหวังจะมีชีวิตก็พังทลายลง

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd) एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• संहारम्: destruction
• संहारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (also/even)

• अकालतः: from untimeliness; prematurely
• अकालतः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; -तः प्रत्ययान्त (from)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; quotation/closure particle

• संशयम्: doubt
• संशयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• आपन्ना: having fallen into; having become
• आपन्ना: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘fallen into/attained’

• जीवन-आशा: hope of life
• जीवन-आशा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवन (प्रातिपदिक) + आशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (जीवनस्य आशा)

• हता: destroyed; slain
• हता: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभवत्: became; was
• अभवत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Durgā

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Devi
• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights how saṃśaya (doubt) collapses inner strength; in Shaiva thought, fear arises when the mind forgets the Lord’s orderly governance of creation, preservation, and dissolution.

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

By turning from anxious speculation to steady worship, the devotee takes refuge in Saguna Shiva (as the accessible Lord) whose Linga symbolizes unwavering reality beyond mental turbulence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical remedy is japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with calm breath, along with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as supports for steadiness and removal of doubt.