Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 3

रुद्रस्य रणप्रवेशः तथा दैत्यगणानां बाणवृष्टिः

Rudra Enters the Battlefield; the Daityas’ Arrow-Storm

Devanagari script

वीर शब्दं च कुर्वन्तस्तेऽप्यन्ये शांकरा गणाः । सोत्सवास्सायुधा दैत्यान्निजघ्नुश्शरवृष्टिभिः

Transliteration

vīra śabdaṃ ca kurvantaste'pyanye śāṃkarā gaṇāḥ | sotsavāssāyudhā daityānnijaghnuśśaravṛṣṭibhiḥ

Translation

เหล่าคณะของพระศังกรองค์อื่น ๆ ก็เปล่งเสียงวีรชน ด้วยความฮึกเหิมและพร้อมอาวุธ แล้วสังหารพวกไทตยะด้วยห่าฝนแห่งศร

Word by Word

• वीर: heroic
• वीर: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वीर-शब्दम्’ इत्यत्र विशेषण (qualifier)

• शब्दम्: sound/cry
• शब्दम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कुर्वन्तः: making/uttering
• कुर्वन्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘doing/making’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• शांकराः: of Śaṅkara
• शांकराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शांकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘शंकर-सम्बन्धिनः’ (belonging to Śaṅkara)

• गणाः: gaṇas/troops
• गणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स-उत्सवाः: with jubilation
• स-उत्सवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्गवत्/सह-अर्थक) + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (उत्सवेन सह)

• स-आयुधाः: armed
• स-आयुधाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह-अर्थक) + आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (आयुधैः सह/armed)

• दैत्यान्: the daityas/demons
• दैत्यान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• निजघ्नुः: slew/struck down
• निजघ्नुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; उपसर्ग: नि

• शर-वृष्टिभिः: with showers of arrows
• शर-वृष्टिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक) + वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शराणां वृष्टिः)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It portrays how Śiva’s śakti operates through his Gaṇas to restore dharma—symbolizing the soul’s inner victory when aligned with Pati (Śiva) against pasha-like forces such as pride, violence, and delusion.

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

Though the Liṅga is the supreme sign of Śiva, the narrative highlights Saguna Śiva’s protective lordship: devotion to Śiva (Liṅga worship, mantra, and vrata) is shown as invoking his guardianship, expressed here through the Gaṇas.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adopt disciplined protection of the mind through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and Tripuṇḍra-bhasma dhāraṇa, treating negative impulses as ‘inner Daityas’ to be subdued by steady practice.