Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24

नभोवाणी-दक्ष-निन्दा तथा सती-माहात्म्य-प्रतिपादनम् / The Celestial Voice Rebukes Dakṣa and Proclaims Satī’s Greatness

Devanagari script

यत्पादपद्ममनिशं ध्यात्वा संपूज्य सादरम् । इन्द्रादयो लोकपालाः प्रापुस्स्वं स्वं परं पदम्

Transliteration

yatpādapadmamaniśaṃ dhyātvā saṃpūjya sādaram | indrādayo lokapālāḥ prāpussvaṃ svaṃ paraṃ padam

Translation

اُن کے کنول جیسے قدموں کا مسلسل دھیان کرکے اور عقیدت سے پوجا کرکے، اِندر وغیرہ لوک پالوں نے اپنا اپنا اعلیٰ ترین مقام حاصل کیا۔

Word by Word

• yat: whose
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘whose/of which’ (सम्बन्ध)

• pādapadmam: lotus-feet
• pādapadmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• aniśam: constantly
• aniśam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aniśam (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: continually)

• dhyātvā: having meditated
• dhyātvā: Kriya (क्रिया—पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhyai (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), ‘having meditated’

• saṃpūjya: having duly worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Kriya (क्रिया—पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), ‘having worshipped’

• sādaram: with reverence
• sādaram: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्रियाविशेषणवत् प्रयोगः (used adverbially)

• indra-ādayaḥ: Indra and others
• indra-ādayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• lokapālāḥ: guardians of the worlds
• lokapālāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + pāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• prāpuḥ: attained
• prāpuḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• svam: their own
• svam: Karma (कर्म—विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘padam’)

• svam: each one’s own
• svam: Karma (कर्म—विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्ति (distributive: each his own)

• param: supreme
• param: Karma (कर्म—विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘padam’)

• padam: state/abode
• padam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a specific Jyotirliṅga episode; the verse generalizes that even the Lokapālas (Indra etc.) attain their respective ‘parama pada’ through steadfast dhyāna and pūjā of Śiva’s lotus-feet.

Significance: Establishes Śiva-bhakti (pāda-sevā, dhyāna, arcana) as the universal means for elevation of office and spiritual station; reinforces the Siddhānta theme that all finite powers depend on Pati’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Indra
• Lokapālas

FAQs

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

It teaches that unwavering meditation and heartfelt worship of Śiva—symbolized by His lotus-feet—invokes Śiva’s grace, through which even cosmic rulers like the Lokapālas attain their highest destined spiritual station.

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

The verse emphasizes saguna-upāsanā—devotion to Śiva in worshipable form—where focused dhyāna and pūjā (commonly performed to the Śiva-liṅga) culminate in the ‘paraṁ padam’ granted by Śiva’s compassionate lordship (Pati).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Constant dhyāna (steady contemplation) and sādara pūjā (reverent worship) are indicated—practically expressed through daily liṅga-pūjā with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), along with disciplined devotion.