Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 10

सतीविरहानन्तरं शम्भोश्चरितम् / Śiva’s Conduct After Satī’s Separation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां तृतीये पार्वतीखण्डे भौमोत्पत्तिशिवलीलावर्णनं नाम दशमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe bhaumotpattiśivalīlāvarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری شِو مہاپُران کے دوسرے حصّے رُدر سنہِتا کے تیسرے باب، پاروتی کھنڈ میں ‘بھومی (زمین) کی پیدائش اور شِو کی الٰہی لیلا کا بیان’ نامی دسویں ادھیائے کا اختتام ہوا۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotation/closure particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• śrī-śiva-mahā-purāṇe: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-śiva-mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (श्रीशिवस्य महापुराणम्)

• dvitīyāyām: in the second
• dvitīyāyām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ordinal adjective agreeing with ‘saṃhitāyām’

• rudra-saṃhitāyām: in the Rudrasaṃhitā
• rudra-saṃhitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य संहिता)

• tṛtīye: in the third
• tṛtīye: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ordinal adjective agreeing with ‘khaṇḍe’

• pārvatī-khaṇḍe: in the Pārvatī section
• pārvatī-khaṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (पार्वत्याः खण्डः)

• bhauma-utpatti-śiva-līlā-varṇanam: the description of Bhoma’s birth and Śiva’s play
• bhauma-utpatti-śiva-līlā-varṇanam: Karta (कर्ता/subject—title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhauma (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + līlā (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (भौमोत्पत्तेः शिवलीलायाः वर्णनम्)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय) used as नाम-शब्दः in title construction

• daśamaḥ: tenth
• daśamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal adjective agreeing with ‘adhyāyaḥ’

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (traditional Purāṇic narrator concluding the chapter colophon)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Bhumi (Earth)

FAQs

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

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter and affirming the scripture’s traditional structure; for devotees, such endings reinforce śraddhā (reverent attention) and frame the teaching as Śiva-līlā—divine activity that guides the soul (paśu) toward Śiva (Pati).

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

Though it does not describe a specific ritual, it labels the chapter’s theme as “Śiva-līlā,” which in Purāṇic devotion is approached through Saguna worship—such as reverent listening/recitation and contemplation of Śiva’s acts, often centered on the Liṅga as the accessible form of the Supreme.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is pāṭha-śravaṇa (devotional recitation and listening) with remembrance of Śiva; one may conclude the chapter by mentally offering salutations with the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” optionally with bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as supports to devotion.