Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 29

दक्षस्य दुहितृविवाहवर्णनम् / The Marriages of Dakṣa’s Daughters

Genealogical Allocation

Devanagari script

शिवा शांता महामाया योगनिद्रा जगन्मयी । या प्रोच्यते वेदविद्भिर्नमामि त्वां हितावहाम्

Transliteration

śivā śāṃtā mahāmāyā yoganidrā jaganmayī | yā procyate vedavidbhirnamāmi tvāṃ hitāvahām

Translation

ข้าขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์—พระศิวา ผู้สงบระงับ มหามายา โยคนิทรา ผู้แผ่ซ่านเป็นจักรวาล ผู้รู้พระเวททั้งหลายประกาศสรรเสริญ และทรงนำพาสวัสดิมงคลแก่สรรพชีวิต

Word by Word

• शिवा: Śivā (the auspicious goddess)
• शिवा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; described)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शान्ता: peaceful
• शान्ता: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (शम् धातु + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• महामाया: great Māyā
• महामाया: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Predicate descriptor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘महती माया’

• योगनिद्रा: yogic sleep
• योगनिद्रा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Descriptor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + निद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative): ‘योगस्य निद्रा’/‘योगरूपा निद्रा’

• जगत्-मयी: pervading/constituting the world
• जगत्-मयी: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मयी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘जगन्मयी’ = जगत्-व्यापिनी/जगद्रूपा

• या: who
• या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of procyate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• प्रोच्यते: is called, is proclaimed
• प्रोच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वेदविद्भिः: by the knowers of the Vedas
• वेदविद्भिः: Kartr̥ (कर्तृ/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘वेदं वेत्ति’ इति बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रातिपदिक (lexical)

• नमामि: I bow to
• नमामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हित-आवहाम्: bringing welfare
• हित-आवहाम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण/Qualifier of त्वाम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक) + आवह (आ+वह् धातु + अच्/णिनि-प्रत्ययार्थे)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘हितम् आवहति या’ (bringing welfare)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmī (narrating the Satīkhaṇḍa to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, presenting a stuti to Devī as Śiva’s Śakti)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: शिवा शांता महामाया योगनिद्रा जगन्मयी । या प्रोच्यते वेदविद्भिर्नमामि त्वां हितावहाम्

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Durgā

Role: teaching

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Cosmic concealment through Mahāmāyā; yoganidrā as the sustaining inward absorption underlying manifestation.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

The verse venerates Devī as Śivā—Śiva’s own Śakti—who both manifests the cosmos (jaganmayī, mahāmāyā) and grants peace and welfare (śāntā, hitāvahā). In a Shaiva Siddhānta lens, it points to the Divine Mother as the operative power through which bondage is experienced and, by grace, transcended toward liberation.

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

Liṅga worship in the Shiva Purana is worship of Pati (Śiva) together with His inseparable Śakti. Calling Devī “Mahāmāyā” and “Yoganidrā” frames Saguna worship as a complete approach: the devotee honors the manifesting power behind the universe while remaining oriented to Śiva-consciousness, which grants śānti and hita.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple practice is japa with devotional salutation—mentally repeating a Śiva/Śakti mantra (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) while contemplating Devī as śāntā (inner stillness) and jaganmayī (all-pervading presence). Offerings in a Śiva pūjā can be made with this bhāva: seeking welfare for all beings (hitam).