Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 85

लिङ्गपूजनसंक्षेपः

Concise Teaching on Liṅga Worship / Śiva-arcana-vidhi

Devanagari script

इति पूजाविधिश्शंभोः प्रोक्तस्ते मुनिसत्तम । अतः परं च शुश्रूषुः किं प्रष्टासि च नारद

Transliteration

iti pūjāvidhiśśaṃbhoḥ proktaste munisattama | ataḥ paraṃ ca śuśrūṣuḥ kiṃ praṣṭāsi ca nārada

Translation

Kaya nito, O pinakadakila sa mga muni, naipahayag na sa iyo ang paraan ng pagsamba kay Śambhu. Ngayon, yamang sabik kang makarinig pa, O Nārada, ano pa ang nais mong itanong?

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• पूजा-विधिः: the procedure of worship
• पूजा-विधिः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन (Singular)

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: has been told
• प्रोक्तः: Karta (कर्ता/predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (passive sense)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (or षष्ठी 6th/Genitive—context favors dative)

• मुनि-सत्तम: O best of sages
• मुनि-सत्तम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (हेतु/cause marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore/from this)

• परम्: further/next
• परम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/temporal-sequential)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः; परम् (adverbial accusative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• शुश्रूषुः: eager to hear
• शुश्रूषुः: Karta (कर्ता/subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुश्रूषु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; इच्छार्थक-विशेषण (desiderative adjective: ‘desirous to hear/serve’)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative)

• प्रष्टासि: will you ask
• प्रष्टासि: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्/प्रच्छ् (धातु: प्रच्छ् ‘to ask’)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• नारद: O Nārada
• नारद: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Narada

FAQs

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

It marks the completion of the formal Śiva-pūjā teaching and invites deeper inquiry—showing that devotion (bhakti) is guided by right method and culminates in further spiritual questions aimed at Śiva’s grace.

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

By concluding the ‘pūjāvidhi of Śambhu,’ it situates Saguna worship—often performed through the Śiva-liṅga and prescribed offerings—as a structured path for approaching the Supreme Pati who bestows anugraha.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse implies continuity after completing puja: maintain śravaṇa (attentive listening to teachings) and proceed to the next disciplines taught in the text—typically mantra-japa (e.g., pañcākṣarī) and steady devotion aligned with the established worship method.