Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 52

तारकवधोत्तरं देवस्तुतिः पर्वतवरप्रदानं च / Devas’ Hymn after Tāraka’s Slaying and the Bestowal of Boons upon the Mountains

Devanagari script

यदा यदा भवेद्दुःखं युष्माकं देवसत्तमाः । तदा तदा मां यूयं वै भजंतु सुखहेतवे

Transliteration

yadā yadā bhavedduḥkhaṃ yuṣmākaṃ devasattamāḥ | tadā tadā māṃ yūyaṃ vai bhajaṃtu sukhahetave

Translation

اے برگزیدہ دیوتاؤ! جب جب تم پر دکھ آئے، تب تب خوشی کے سبب کے طور پر مجھے ہی بھجو۔

Word by Word

• यदा: whenever
• यदा: Kāla (काल/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• यदा: whenever
• यदा: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• भवेत्: should arise; may occur
• भवेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• दुःखम्: sorrow; suffering
• दुःखम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of intransitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• देव-सत्तमाः: O best of gods
• देव-सत्तमाः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), बहुवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (emphasis)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipāta (निपात/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• भजन्तु: worship; resort to
• भजन्तु: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person) बहुवचन; आज्ञार्थे (injunctive sense: 'let them/you should')

• सुख-हेतवे: for the sake of happiness
• सुख-हेतवे: Sampradāna/Prayojana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: General teaching: in distress, taking refuge in Śiva and performing bhajana leads to sukha and protection (prasāda).

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that in times of duḥkha one should turn to Shiva in bhakti and remembrance; Shiva, as Pati (the Lord), becomes the immediate refuge who removes suffering and restores auspicious well-being.

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

The instruction “worship Me” supports Saguna upāsanā—approaching Shiva through accessible forms such as the Śiva-liṅga, where devotion and surrender are focused and stabilized, especially during adversity.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

In distress, take up Shiva-bhajana: japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), simple liṅga-pūjā with water/abhisheka, and steady remembrance (smaraṇa) as the immediate practice.