Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 44

अध्याय १७ — देवपलायनं, विष्णोः प्रतियुद्धं, जलंधरक्रोधः

Devas’ Rout, Viṣṇu’s Counterattack, and Jalandhara’s Wrath

Devanagari script

अथो जलंधरो दैत्यस्स्वभगिन्या च विष्णुना । उवास स्वालयं प्राप्तो हर्षाकुलितमानसः

Transliteration

atho jalaṃdharo daityassvabhaginyā ca viṣṇunā | uvāsa svālayaṃ prāpto harṣākulitamānasaḥ

Translation

ครั้นแล้ว อสูรชลันธระพร้อมด้วยน้องสาวของตน และพร้อมด้วยพระวิษณุ ได้ถึงที่พำนักของตนเอง แล้วอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นด้วยพระทัยเอ่อล้นด้วยความยินดี

Word by Word

• अथो: then
• अथो: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now); ‘अथ + उ’ (emphatic)

• जलंधरः: Jalandhara
• जलंधरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलंधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• दैत्यः: the demon
• दैत्यः: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• स्व-भगिन्या: with (his) own sister
• स्व-भगिन्या: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (स्वा भगिनी)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction ‘and’)

• विष्णुना: with Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• उवास: dwelt/stayed
• उवास: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• स्व-आलयम्: his own abode
• स्व-आलयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (स्वः आलयः)

• प्राप्तः: having reached
• प्राप्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—प्राप्तवान् (having reached)

• हर्ष-आकुलित-मानसः: whose mind was agitated with joy
• हर्ष-आकुलित-मानसः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + आकुलित (√आकुल्/आ-√कुल्, क्त/कृदन्त) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहि (हर्षेण आकुलितं मानसं यस्य सः)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Jalandhara
• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It highlights a common Purāṇic pattern: worldly success and companionship can flood the mind with joy, yet such emotion remains within saṃsāric fluctuation; Shaiva teaching ultimately points beyond this to steadiness in devotion to Pati (Śiva), the liberator.

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

Though the verse is narrative, the Yuddhakhaṇḍa frames events that culminate in recognizing the supremacy of Śiva as Saguna (the Lord who acts in the world) and the need to take refuge in Him rather than in transient alliances and victories.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

No explicit ritual is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is to stabilize the mind through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and daily Śiva-smaraṇa so that joy and agitation do not govern one’s inner state.