Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 43

सतीसंक्षेपचरित्रवर्णनम् — Summary Description of Satī’s Narrative

Devanagari script

इदानीं पूज्यते लोके सर्वकामफलाप्तये । संविधाभिरनेकाभिर्महोत्सवपरस्परम्

Transliteration

idānīṃ pūjyate loke sarvakāmaphalāptaye | saṃvidhābhiranekābhirmahotsavaparasparam

Translation

แม้กาลบัดนี้ ในโลกยังบูชาพระนางเพื่อให้ได้ผลแห่งความปรารถนาทั้งปวง ด้วยพิธีกรรมหลากหลายแบบ และด้วยมหาอุตสวะที่จัดสืบต่อกันครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า

Word by Word

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• पूज्यते: is worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सर्व-काम-फल-आप्तये: for obtaining the fruits of all desires
• सर्व-काम-फल-आप्तये: Sampradāna/Prayojana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + आप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (dative of purpose); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वकामफलस्य आप्तिः)

• संविधाभिः: with arrangements/rites
• संविधाभिः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संविधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करणार्थे (instrumental)

• अनेकाभिः: many
• अनेकाभिः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; ‘संविधाभिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• महोत्सव-परस्परम्: with great festivals in succession
• महोत्सव-परस्परम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक) + परस्परम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; ‘परस्परम्’ क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण—‘one after another/reciprocally’; समासार्थः—महोत्सवैः परस्परम् (successively with great festivals)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya within the Rudra Saṃhitā flow)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The site’s living tradition is affirmed: it continues to be worshipped through diverse regulated procedures and recurring festivals for attainment of desired fruits.

Significance: Establishes the authority of ongoing public worship (loka-prasiddhi) and utsava as vehicles of merit, purification, and receptivity to grace.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It affirms that Shiva’s worship remains living and effective in the world: through devotion aligned with proper discipline (vidhi), the devotee gains desired results and is gradually purified toward liberation.

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

By highlighting worship through many “prescribed modes,” it supports Saguna upasana—such as Linga-puja with mantra, offerings, and festivals—through which the formless reality is approached via a sacred form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform regular Shiva-puja according to vidhi and observe mahotsavas (e.g., Mahashivratri) with mantra-japa—especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and disciplined offerings.