Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 18

भद्रस्य दिव्यरथारोहणं शङ्खनादश्च — Bhadra’s Divine Chariot-Ascent and the Conch-Blast

Devanagari script

समुद्धृतः करे तस्य तत्क्षणं रुरुचे शरेः । महाभुजंगसंदष्टो यथा बालभुजङ्गमः

Transliteration

samuddhṛtaḥ kare tasya tatkṣaṇaṃ ruruce śareḥ | mahābhujaṃgasaṃdaṣṭo yathā bālabhujaṅgamaḥ

Translation

เมื่อศรถูกยกขึ้นสู่มือของเขา ก็พลันส่องประกายในบัดดล—ดุจงูอ่อนที่ดิ้นพล่านเป็นประกาย เมื่อถูกนาคใหญ่กัดและคาบไว้

Word by Word

• समुद्धृतः: pulled out/raised up
• समुद्धृतः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+उद्+धृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied 'पन्नगः/भुजङ्गमः')

• करे: in the hand
• करे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तत्-क्षणम्: at that very moment
• तत्-क्षणम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः तत् एव क्षणः (विशेषण-विशेष्य)

• रुरुचे: shone/appeared radiant
• रुरुचे: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• शरेः: of the reed/arrow-shaft (śara)
• शरेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महाभुजङ्ग-संदष्टः: bitten by a great serpent
• महाभुजङ्ग-संदष्टः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभुजङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + संदष्ट (कृदन्ताधारित प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः महाभुजङ्गेन संदष्टः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष); विशेषणम्

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha/Prayojana (सम्बन्ध/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमार्थक/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/just as)

• बाल-भुजङ्गमः: a young snake
• बाल-भुजङ्गमः: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक) + भुजङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः बालः भुजङ्गमः (विशेषण-विशेष्य)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra

FAQs

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

The verse uses a sharp simile to show how karma-driven aggression and weaponry arise suddenly and dazzlingly, yet remain bound to the realm of pasha (bondage); Shaiva teaching ultimately points beyond such agitation toward inner mastery and liberation under Pati (Shiva).

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

Though the line is narrative and martial in tone, it contrasts worldly force with the stabilizing refuge of Saguna Shiva worship—devotees turn from flashing, unstable impulses to the steady presence of Shiva symbolized in the Linga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is restraint and recollection: steady the mind with japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and contemplative breath-awareness to prevent the ‘sudden flash’ of reactive tendencies from taking over.