Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 46

सतीचरिते पितृगृहे आशीर्वाद-वचनम् तथा यौवनारम्भः — Satī at her father’s house: blessings and the onset of youth

Devanagari script

नम आत्मप्रदीपाय निर्वाणसुखसंपदे । ज्ञानात्मने नमस्तेऽस्तु व्यापकायेश्वराय च

Transliteration

nama ātmapradīpāya nirvāṇasukhasaṃpade | jñānātmane namaste'stu vyāpakāyeśvarāya ca

Translation

اے ذات کے چراغ! آپ کو نمسکار؛ اے نروان کے سکھ کے خزانے! آپ کو نمسکار۔ اے علمِ محض کے جوہر! آپ کو نمسکار؛ اور اے ہمہ گیر ایشور! آپ کو بھی نمسکار۔

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: सम्बोधन/प्रयोग (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (indeclinable interjection used in salutation)

• आत्मप्रदीपाय: to the lamp/light of the Self
• आत्मप्रदीपाय: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Dative recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + प्रदीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (आत्मनः प्रदीपः), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सम्प्रदानार्थ (dative)

• निर्वाणसुखसंपदे: to the wealth of bliss of nirvāṇa
• निर्वाणसुखसंपदे: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Dative recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण + सुख + संपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (निर्वाणस्य सुखस्य संपत्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th), एकवचन

• ज्ञानात्मने: to the one whose self is knowledge / to the knowledge-self
• ज्ञानात्मने: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Dative recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ज्ञानम् आत्मा यस्य / ज्ञानरूप आत्मा), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: सम्बोधन/प्रयोग (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (salutation)

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Dative recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी) वा चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन; अत्र 'नमः ते' इति चतुर्थ्यर्थे (to you)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• व्यापकाय: to the all-pervading (one)
• व्यापकाय: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Dative recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यापक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th), एकवचन; विशेषण (of īśvara)

• ईश्वराय: to the Lord
• ईश्वराय: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Dative recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the hymn of praise to Lord Śiva within the Satī narrative)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: नम आत्मप्रदीपाय निर्वाणसुखसंपदे । ज्ञानात्मने नमस्तेऽस्तु व्यापकायेश्वराय च

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It praises Śiva as the inner illuminator (ātmapradīpa) who reveals true knowledge and grants the bliss of liberation (nirvāṇa-sukha), affirming Him as both transcendent consciousness and the sovereign Lord.

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

Though the verse points to Śiva’s nirguṇa reality as pure knowledge, it supports saguna worship (such as Liṅga-pūjā) as a devotional means to realize that same all-pervading Īśvara within and beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as the inner light while repeating a Śiva-nāma or the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), letting the mind rest in jñāna (clarity) and vairāgya (dispassion) oriented toward mokṣa.