Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 15

कुमाराभिषेकवर्णनम् — Description of Kumāra’s Abhiṣeka

Consecration/Installation

Devanagari script

तदानीमेव तं सर्वे वीरभद्रादयो गणाः । कुर्वन्तः स्वन्वयुः केलिं नानातालधरस्वराः

Transliteration

tadānīmeva taṃ sarve vīrabhadrādayo gaṇāḥ | kurvantaḥ svanvayuḥ keliṃ nānātāladharasvarāḥ

Translation

ในขณะนั้นเอง เหล่าคณะคณะ (คณะของพระศิวะ) นำโดยวีรภัทร ต่างเปล่งเสียงกึกก้อง ถือจังหวะและทำนองนานา แล้วเริงเล่นด้วยความยินดีรายรอบพระองค์

Word by Word

• tadānīm: at that very time
• tadānīm: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), temporal adverb (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle of emphasis (निपात)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vīrabhadra-ādayaḥ: Vīrabhadra and others
• vīrabhadra-ādayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrabhadra + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); समास: वीरभद्रः आदिः येषाम् (आदि-समास/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोग)

• gaṇāḥ: the troops/attendants
• gaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kurvantaḥ: doing/making
• kurvantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• svanvayuḥ: their own accompaniment/sequence (of sounds)
• svanvayuḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समास: स्वस्य अन्वयः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• kelim: sport/play
• kelim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keli (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• nānā-tāla-dhara-svarāḥ: having sounds bearing various rhythms
• nānā-tāla-dhara-svarāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā + tāla + dhara + svara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); बहुव्रीहि: नानाः तालाः धरन्ति ये, (ते) स्वराः/स्वरवन्तः

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Gaṇas

FAQs

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

The verse highlights that Shiva’s attendants respond to divine events with sacred sound, rhythm, and joyful reverence—showing bhakti as an embodied, celebratory remembrance that aligns the mind with Śiva (Pati) through harmony and devotion.

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

The gaṇas’ rhythmic celebration reflects Saguna worship—approaching Śiva through form, presence, sound, and festival-like devotion. Such joy supports focused reverence, which in Shaiva Siddhanta becomes a means to steady the soul (paśu) toward Śiva’s grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests devotional practice through nāda (sacred sound): kīrtana, rhythmic japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and worship with measured rhythm (tāla) to keep attention steady and devotional.