Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 23

शङ्खचूडस्य मायायुद्धं तथा माहेश्वरास्त्रप्रभावः | Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Māyā-Warfare and the Power of the Māheśvara Astra

Devanagari script

तच्छूलं विजयं नाम शङ्करस्य परमात्मनः । सञ्चकाशे दिशस्सर्वा रोदसी संप्रकाशयन्

Transliteration

tacchūlaṃ vijayaṃ nāma śaṅkarasya paramātmanaḥ | sañcakāśe diśassarvā rodasī saṃprakāśayan

Translation

ตรีศูลนั้นมีนามว่า “วิชัย” เป็นของพระศังกรผู้เป็นปรมาตมัน เปล่งรัศมีส่องสว่างทั่วทุกทิศ ทำให้ทั้งฟ้าและแผ่นดินเรืองรอง

Word by Word

• तत्-शूलम्: that trident
• तत्-शूलम्: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + शूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘तत् शूलम्’ (=that trident); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here subject of ‘सञ्चकाशे’ → प्रथमा)

• विजयम्: ‘Vijaya’ (Victory)
• विजयम्: विशेषण/नाम (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; used as नाम-विशेष्य (appositional name)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (Relation/Name-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निर्देशक (particle indicating name)

• शङ्करस्य: of Śaṅkara
• शङ्करस्य: सम्बन्ध (Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• परमात्मनः: of the Supreme Self
• परमात्मनः: सम्बन्ध (Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: परम + आत्मन्; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; in apposition to ‘शङ्करस्य’

• सञ्चकाशे: shone forth
• सञ्चकाशे: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), आत्मनेपदी; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; with prefix सम् (saṃ-)

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; agreeing with ‘दिशः’

• रोदसी: heaven and earth
• रोदसी: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; dual form used as noun)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; ‘heaven and earth’

• संप्रकाशयन्: illuminating
• संप्रकाशयन्: कर्ता (Kartā/Agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-√काश् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; agreeing with ‘तत्-शूलम्’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shankara

FAQs

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

It portrays Śiva as Paramātmā whose power (symbolized by the trident “Vijaya”) dispels ignorance and reveals the truth, shining through all realms—outer cosmos and inner consciousness.

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

Though describing a battle-weapon, the verse supports Saguna worship: Śiva’s manifest form and attributes (trident, radiance, victory) are contemplated as expressions of the same Supreme Reality revered in the Liṅga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva’s trident as the remover of darkness—japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with the intention of inner illumination, and worship with dīpa (lamp) as a symbol of the light that pervades all directions.