Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 52

भूतत्रिपुरधर्मवर्णनम् (Description of the Dharma/Conduct of the Bhūta-Tripura) — Chapter 3

Devanagari script

तान्रुद्राद्विमुखान्नूनं करिष्यामि सुयत्नतः । स्वभक्तिरहिताञ्ज्ञात्वा तान्करिष्यति भस्मसात्

Transliteration

tānrudrādvimukhānnūnaṃ kariṣyāmi suyatnataḥ | svabhaktirahitāñjñātvā tānkariṣyati bhasmasāt

Translation

“ผู้ที่หันหลังให้พระรุทรา เราจักหันเขาให้ถอยกลับด้วยความเพียรอย่างยิ่ง เมื่อทรงทราบว่าเขาปราศจากภักติแท้ พระองค์ (พระรุทรา) จักเผาผลาญให้เป็นเถ้าธุลี”

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• रुद्रात्: from Rudra
• रुद्रात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• विमुखान्: turned away/averse
• विमुखान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of तान्)

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Prakara (प्रकार/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (certainly)

• करिष्यामि: I will make/do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सु-यत्नतः: with great effort
• सु-यत्नतः: Prakara (प्रकार/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय—यत्नतः (from effort) + सु (well) = 'with great effort'

• स्व-भक्ति-रहितान्: devoid of devotion
• स्व-भक्ति-रहितान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + रहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—स्वस्य भक्तिः (षष्ठी) + रहित (वर्जित) = 'devoid of devotion (to him/one's)'

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/realized
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• करिष्यति: will make/do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• भस्मसात्: to ashes, into ash
• भस्मसात्: Prakara (प्रकार/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भस्म (प्रातिपदिक) + सात् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; क्रियाविशेषण—भस्मसात् = भस्म-भावं (to ashes, into ash-state)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (Rudra), speaking within the Yuddhakhaṇḍa battle context

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Shakti Dimension

Role: destructive

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse contrasts devotion (bhakti) with hostility toward Rudra: turning away from Śiva is portrayed as spiritual blindness that culminates in destruction, while alignment with Śiva implies protection and right orientation toward liberation.

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

In the Shiva Purana, Saguna Śiva (Rudra) actively upholds dharma; this verse reflects that those lacking devotion and opposing Him are ‘burnt to ashes,’ echoing Rudra’s fiery, purifying power also symbolized in Linga worship through offerings and reverence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is to cultivate steady bhakti through Shiva-nāma japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and disciplined worship; the mention of “bhasma” also resonates with Tripuṇḍra/bhasma-dhāraṇa as a Shaiva reminder of purification and impermanence.