Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 50

शिवपुत्रजननवर्णनम् — Description of the Birth/Manifestation of Śiva’s Son

Devanagari script

दुरासदमिदं तेजस्तव नाथ महेश्वर । काचिन्नास्ति विना शक्त्या धर्तुं योनौ जगत्त्रये

Transliteration

durāsadamidaṃ tejastava nātha maheśvara | kācinnāsti vinā śaktyā dhartuṃ yonau jagattraye

Translation

ข้าแต่พระเจ้า มหาเทพ ความรุ่งโรจน์ของพระองค์นี้ยากจะเข้าถึง ในสามโลกนี้ ไม่มีผู้ใดสามารถรองรับสิ่งนี้ไว้ในครรภ์ได้—หากปราศจากศักติ

Word by Word

• दुरासदम्: hard to endure/approach
• दुरासदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + आसद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'तेजः' विशेषण; अर्थ: 'दुर्+आसद' = difficult to approach/withstand

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'तेजः' विशेषणरूपेण

• तेजः: splendor, energy
• तेजः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• नाथ: O lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• महेश्वर: O Maheśvara
• महेश्वर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• काचित्: any (woman)
• काचित्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is, exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Prepositional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: उपपद-अव्यय (preposition-like), वियोगार्थ 'without'

• शक्त्या: by power/Śakti
• शक्त्या: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• धर्तुम्: to bear, to hold
• धर्तुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ

• योनौ: in the womb
• योनौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जगत्-त्रये: in the three worlds
• जगत्-त्रये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'जगतां त्रयम्' (three worlds) इति; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Parvati (Śakti) addressing Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati (Shakti)

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva’s infinite tejas is transcendent and cannot be contained or approached by ordinary beings; only through Śakti does that divine power become bearable, manifest, and graciously accessible—highlighting the inseparable Śiva-Śakti unity central to Shaiva Siddhanta.

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

The Liṅga represents the boundless, ungraspable reality of Śiva, while worship (pūjā) approaches that reality through a manifest, compassionate form—enabled by Śakti. Thus Saguna worship is the merciful way the unapproachable tejas is made approachable for devotees.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva together with Śakti while chanting the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), and perform Liṅga-abhiṣeka with devotion—recognizing that spiritual power must be held with humility and grace, not mere force.