Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 2

सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन्दिवसे देवी सती रहसि संगता । शिवं प्रणम्य सद्भक्त्या न्यस्योच्चैः सुकृतांजलिः

Transliteration

ekasmindivase devī satī rahasi saṃgatā | śivaṃ praṇamya sadbhaktyā nyasyoccaiḥ sukṛtāṃjaliḥ

Translation

Isang araw, nakipagtagpo nang lihim ang Diyosa Satī kay (Panginoong Śiva). Yumukod siya kay Śiva nang may tunay na debosyon, at pinagdugtong ang maayos niyang mga palad sa mapitagang añjali, saka nagsalita nang malinaw.

Word by Word

• एकस्मिन्: in one
• एकस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; Locative singular (‘in one’)

• दिवसे: day
• दिवसे: अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; Locative singular

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; Nominative singular

• सती: Satī
• सती: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; Nominative singular; apposition to देवी

• रहसि: in private, secretly
• रहसि: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; Locative singular; ‘in secret/solitude’

• सङ्गता: having met / united
• सङ्गता: प्रेडिकेट (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सङ्गत (कृदन्त; √गम् (गत्यर्थे) + सम्- उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; Past participle ‘met/come together’

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; Accusative singular

• प्रणम्य: having bowed to
• प्रणम्य: पूर्वकाल (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त (Absolutive), अव्यय; with प्र- उपसर्ग; ‘having bowed’

• सद्-भक्त्या: with sincere devotion
• सद्-भक्त्या: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; Instrumental singular; कर्मधारय ‘true/good devotion’

• न्यस्य: having placed
• न्यस्य: पूर्वकाल (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: न्यस् (धातु; नि-√अस्/√स्यन्द?; here from √अस्/√न्यस् ‘to place’, with नि- उपसर्ग)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त (Absolutive), अव्यय; ‘having placed/setting down’

• उच्चैः: aloud, loudly
• उच्चैः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय; adverb (‘aloud/highly’)

• सु-कृत-अञ्जलिः: (she) with well-formed folded hands
• सु-कृत-अञ्जलिः: कर्ता (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ क्त) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; Nominative singular; कर्मधारय ‘well-made folded-hands gesture’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Sati

FAQs

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

It highlights bhakti expressed through humility—approaching Śiva privately, bowing (praṇāma), and offering añjali—showing that sincere devotion is the primary means to receive Śiva’s grace (anugraha).

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

The verse models Saguna upāsanā: Śiva is approached as the personal Lord who can be bowed to and addressed. The same attitude is prescribed in Liṅga worship—reverence, folded hands, and heartfelt prayer before the sacred emblem of Pati (Śiva).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice praṇāma and añjali with focused bhakti before Śiva (or the Śiva-liṅga), then recite the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—aloud or softly as a devotional offering.