Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 66

देव-गण-समरः

Devas and Śiva’s Gaṇas Engage in Battle

Devanagari script

यथा शिवस्तथा त्वं हि यथा त्वं च तथा शिवः । इति वेदा वर्णयंति शिवशासनतो हरे

Transliteration

yathā śivastathā tvaṃ hi yathā tvaṃ ca tathā śivaḥ | iti vedā varṇayaṃti śivaśāsanato hare

Translation

“جیسے شِو ہیں ویسے ہی تم ہو، اور جیسے تم ہو ویسے ہی شِو ہیں۔” اے ہری! شِو کے حکم سے وید اسی طرح بیان کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/just as)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: so
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तदनुरूपता-बोधक (so/likewise)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारण (indeed)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (as)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: so
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (likewise)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• वेदाः: the Vedas
• वेदाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वर्णयन्ति: describe/proclaim
• वर्णयन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्णय् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• शिवशासनतः: according to Śiva’s command
• शिवशासनतः: Hetu/Pramāṇa (हेतु/प्रमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + शासन (प्रातिपदिक) + तः (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’ = ‘from/according to’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य शासनम्) + तः

• हरे: O Hari
• हरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: yathā śivastathā tvaṃ hi yathā tvaṃ ca tathā śivaḥ | iti vedā varṇayaṃti śivaśāsanato hare

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu
• Vedas

FAQs

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

It teaches Hari–Hara aikya (essential unity): the Supreme Reality is one, appearing as Śiva and Viṣṇu for cosmic functions; realizing this non-duality supports liberation (mokṣa) through devotion and right knowledge.

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

It affirms that saguna worship—such as Śiva-liṅga pūjā—reaches the same Supreme Lord whom devotees may also approach as Hari; the forms differ in function and iconography, not in ultimate divinity.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Contemplate the one Lord in both names and forms while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with a non-sectarian, unified vision; this steadies bhakti and dissolves divisive notions.