Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 46

वराङ्ग्याः सुतजन्म-उत्पातवर्णनम् | Birth of Varāṅgī’s Son and the Description of Portents

Utpātas

Devanagari script

राज्यं चकार विधिवस्त्रिलोकस्य स तारकः । प्रजाश्च पालयामास पीडयन्निर्जरादिकान्

Transliteration

rājyaṃ cakāra vidhivastrilokasya sa tārakaḥ | prajāśca pālayāmāsa pīḍayannirjarādikān

Translation

تارک نے تینوں لوکوں کی حکومت قاعدے کے مطابق چلائی اور رعایا کی نگہبانی بھی کی—لیکن دیوتاؤں اور دیگر اَمر ہستیوں کو ستاتا رہا۔

Word by Word

• राज्यम्: kingdom, rule
• राज्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• चकार: made, established
• चकार: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विधिवत्: according to rule, properly
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि + वत् (अव्यय-निर्माण)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• त्रिलोकस्य: of the three worlds
• त्रिलोकस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः/सम्बन्धः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तारकः: Tāraka
• तारकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रजाः: subjects, people
• प्रजाः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• पालयामास: protected, ruled
• पालयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पीडयन्: tormenting
• पीडयन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे (concomitant action)

• निर्जर-आदिकान्: the gods and others
• निर्जर-आदिकान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्जर + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (निर्जराः आदयः येषां ते)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Rudra

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Devas (Nirjaras)
• Triloka (three worlds)

FAQs

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

The verse highlights how outward order can coexist with inner adharma: Tāraka “rules properly” on the surface yet oppresses the Devas. In Shaiva understanding, true sovereignty is aligned with dharma and reverence for Pati (Shiva); power divorced from devotion becomes bondage-producing and fuels suffering in the worlds.

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

Tāraka’s oppression of the Devas sets the narrative need for Saguna Shiva’s saving intervention through divine līlā. Linga-worship in the Shiva Purana is presented as a stabilizing dharmic axis—turning beings from asuric domination toward Shiva’s grace and cosmic balance.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As a practical takeaway, one may strengthen dharmic steadiness through daily Panchākṣarī japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) remembrance of impermanence—countering the asuric tendency of egoic control symbolized by Tāraka.