Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

एतर्हि यद्यद्रुचितं तवास्ति गृहाण तद्वै खलु राक्षस त्वम् । एतावदुक्त्वा विरराम शंभुस्तपस्विवेषः पुरतस्तु तेषाम्

Transliteration

etarhi yadyadrucitaṃ tavāsti gṛhāṇa tadvai khalu rākṣasa tvam | etāvaduktvā virarāma śaṃbhustapasviveṣaḥ puratastu teṣām

Translation

“บัดนี้สิ่งใดที่เจ้าปรารถนา โอ้รากษส จงรับเอาสิ่งนั้นเถิด” ครั้นตรัสเพียงเท่านี้แล้ว พระศัมภูผู้ทรงแสดงเพศเป็นนักตบะก็สงบนิ่งอยู่ต่อหน้าพวกเขา.

Word by Word

• एतर्हि: now / at this time
• एतर्हि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एतर्हि (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• यत्-यत्: whatever
• यत्-यत्: Karma (कर्म) (object of ‘गृहाण’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः (correlative ‘whatever’)

• रुचितम्: pleasing / desired
• रुचितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of ‘यत्-यत्’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुचित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; √रुच् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (pleasing/desired)

• तव: of you / for you
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) (genitive possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गृहाण: take / accept
• गृहाण: Kriyā (क्रिया); addressed action
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म) (object of ‘गृहाण’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• खलु: surely
• खलु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: खलु (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अनुनयार्थक अव्यय (emphatic/assuring particle)

• राक्षस: O demon
• राक्षस: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता) (of implied ‘are’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एतावत्: this much
• एतावत्: Karma (कर्म) (object of ‘उक्त्वा’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; प्रमाणवाचक (so much)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having said’

• विरराम: ceased / stopped
• विरराम: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि√रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शंभुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• तपस्वि-वेषः: in an ascetic’s guise
• तपस्वि-वेषः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण) to ‘शंभुः’
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) + वेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘tapasvin’s guise’)

• पुरतः: in front
• पुरतः: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: in front)

• तु: but / indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (contrast/emphasis particle)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) (of them)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Lord Shiva (Śambhu) in the guise of an ascetic (tapasvī)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Bhikṣāṭana

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

Śiva’s brief consent—spoken while remaining inwardly detached—highlights the Shaiva Siddhanta insight that the Lord (Pati) can grant worldly outcomes without being bound by them, while the bound being (paśu) is revealed by its desires.

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

Śambhu appearing as a tapasvī shows Saguna Śiva’s accessible compassion: devotees worship the Linga as the steady presence of the same Lord who can also manifest in forms and disguises to instruct, test, and protect.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adopt tapas-like restraint: apply Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) with remembrance of Śiva, and repeat the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” to purify desire into devotion and discernment.