Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 54

पार्वत्याः पितृगृहगमनं तथा मङ्गलस्वागतम् | Pārvatī’s Return to Her Father’s House and the Auspicious Welcome

Devanagari script

तयोर्विचिन्त्य तत्रैव शिवे भक्तिरभूत्परा । महामोक्षकरी दिव्या सर्वानन्दप्रदायिनी

Transliteration

tayorvicintya tatraiva śive bhaktirabhūtparā | mahāmokṣakarī divyā sarvānandapradāyinī

Translation

Sa pagninilay sa dalawang iyon, doon mismo ay sumibol ang walang kapantay na debosyon kay Śiva—banal at makalangit, nagkakaloob ng dakilang moksha, at nagbibigay ng ganap na kaligayahang ānanda.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• विचिन्त्य: having reflected
• विचिन्त्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), ‘having reflected/considered’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: सम्बन्ध (Particle/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• शिवे: in/for Śiva
• शिवे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अभूत्: arose/was
• अभूत्: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• परा: supreme
• परा: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of ‘भक्तिः’

• महा-मोक्ष-करि: causing great liberation
• महा-मोक्ष-करि: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + करिन्/करि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘महान् मोक्षः’ + ‘करि’ = ‘great-liberation-causing’; विशेषण of ‘भक्तिः’

• दिव्या: divine
• दिव्या: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘भक्तिः’

• सर्व-आनन्द-प्रदायिनी: bestowing all bliss
• सर्व-आनन्द-प्रदायिनी: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदायिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘सर्वेषां आनन्दः’ (all joy) + ‘प्रदायिनी’ (giver); विशेषण of ‘भक्तिः’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that parā-bhakti (supreme devotion) to Śiva is itself divya (grace-filled) and becomes the direct means to mahāmokṣa—liberation accompanied by the experience of complete spiritual bliss.

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

The verse emphasizes devotion directed to Śiva in an accessible form; in the Shiva Purana this is commonly expressed through Saguna worship such as Śiva-liṅga pūjā, where focused contemplation matures into liberating bhakti.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A clear takeaway is contemplative remembrance of Śiva alongside steady bhakti—practically supported by japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and simple Śiva-pūjā, which the text treats as conducive to moksha and inner ānanda.