Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 32

व्योमवाणी-श्रवणं, गणानां शरणागमनं, सती-दाह-वृत्तान्तः — Hearing the Heavenly Voice; The Gaṇas Seek Refuge; Account of Satī’s Self-Immolation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां द्वितीये सतीखंडे वीरभद्रोत्पत्तिशिवोपदेशवर्णनं नाम द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye satīkhaṃḍe vīrabhadrotpattiśivopadeśavarṇanaṃ nāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری شِو مہاپُران کے دوسرے رُدر سنہیتا کے دوسرے ستی کھنڈ میں ‘ویر بھدر کی ظہور پذیری اور شِو اُپدیش کی توصیف’ نامی بتیسواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समाप्त्यर्थक/उद्धरण-निपात (‘thus’)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; title-locative ‘in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa’

• द्वितीयायाम्: in the second
• द्वितीयायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ordinal ‘in the second’

• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Rudra-saṃhitā
• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the Rudra-saṃhitā’

• द्वितीये: in the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the second (part)’

• सती-खण्डे: in the Satī section
• सती-खण्डे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the Satī-khaṇḍa’

• वीरभद्र-उत्पत्ति-शिव-उपदेश-वर्णनम्: (the chapter titled) ‘Description of Vīrabhadra’s origin and Śiva’s instruction’
• वीरभद्र-उत्पत्ति-शिव-उपदेश-वर्णनम्: Viśeṣya/Name (संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + उपदेश (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (विधेय/नाम), एकवचन; chapter-title compound

• नाम: named
• नाम: Name marker (संज्ञासूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संज्ञासूचक (naming particle)

• द्वात्रिंशः: thirty-second
• द्वात्रिंशः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वात्रिंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (विधेय), एकवचन; ordinal ‘thirty-second’

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta/Vidheyārtha (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/विधेय), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (traditional Purāṇic colophon framing the narration to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Virabhadra

FAQs

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

This is a chapter-colophon marking the completion of a teaching-unit: it frames Vīrabhadra’s manifestation and Śiva’s upadeśa as a coherent Śaiva lesson—showing how divine action and divine instruction together uphold dharma and guide devotees toward liberation.

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

Though not a direct Linga-verse, it points to Saguna Śiva’s revelatory role: Śiva both acts in the world (through forms like Vīrabhadra) and teaches devotees, reinforcing Purāṇic devotion to Śiva as the compassionate Lord accessible in form and instruction.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As a colophon it does not prescribe a specific rite, but it cues contemplative study (svādhyāya) of Śiva’s teachings; devotees may accompany such reading with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and simple Śiva-pūjā in a devotional spirit.