Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 11

दक्षस्य दुहितृविवाहवर्णनम् / The Marriages of Dakṣa’s Daughters

Genealogical Allocation

Devanagari script

अतः प्रेम्णा च तुष्टाव गिरा गद्गदया हि सः । भूयोभूयो नमस्कृत्य सांजलिर्विनयान्वितः

Transliteration

ataḥ premṇā ca tuṣṭāva girā gadgadayā hi saḥ | bhūyobhūyo namaskṛtya sāṃjalirvinayānvitaḥ

Translation

پس وہ محبت سے بھر کر گدگد آواز میں ستوتی کرنے لگا؛ اور بار بار سجدۂ تعظیم کر کے، ہاتھ باندھ کر، نہایت انکساری سے کھڑا رہا۔

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक (therefore/from that cause)

• प्रेम्णा: with love
• प्रेम्णा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: preman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

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

• तुष्टाव: praised
• तुष्टाव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गिरा: with speech/words
• गिरा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gir (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• गद्गदया: with a faltering/choked (voice)
• गद्गदया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gadgada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying गिरा)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगे क्रियाविशेषण (again, repeatedly)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (again)

• नमस्कृत्य: having saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: namas-kṛ (धातु; √kṛ with namas)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); “having saluted”

• साञ्जलिः: with folded hands
• साञ्जलिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-añjali (प्रातिपदिक; स + अञ्जलि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (one with joined palms)

• विनयान्वितः: endowed with humility
• विनयान्वितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vinaya-anvita (प्रातिपदिक; विनय + अन्वित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights bhakti as a living experience—devotion so intense that speech becomes choked—showing that humility (vinaya) and repeated reverence attract Śiva’s anugraha (grace), a key Shaiva Siddhanta emphasis.

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

The verse describes the inner posture of Saguna worship: heartfelt stuti, namaskara, and añjali. In Linga-pūjā, these gestures accompany offerings, indicating surrender to Pati (Śiva) as the compassionate Lord who responds to devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice repeated namaskara with añjali while reciting the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) or a Śiva-stuti, cultivating vinaya; this devotional concentration is a simple, daily sādhana aligned with Shiva Purana worship.