Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 54

गणेश-षण्मुखयोः विवाहविचारः / Deliberation on the Marriages of Gaṇeśa and Ṣaṇmukha

Devanagari script

सम्यक्कृतं त्वया यच्च तत्केनापि भवेदिह । आवाभ्यां मानितं तच्च नान्यथा क्रियतेऽधुना

Transliteration

samyakkṛtaṃ tvayā yacca tatkenāpi bhavediha | āvābhyāṃ mānitaṃ tacca nānyathā kriyate'dhunā

Translation

“Điều mà ngươi đã làm đúng đắn tại đây thì không ai khác có thể thực hiện được. Và vì đã được cả hai chúng ta chấp thuận và tôn trọng, nên nay sẽ không bị đổi khác theo bất cứ cách nào.”

Word by Word

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (रीति-वाचक अव्यय)

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Karma/Viṣaya (कर्म/विषय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त, कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta in passive sense (कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय)

• tat: that
• tat: Viṣaya (विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• kena: by whom / by anyone
• kena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); interrogative pronoun

• api: even, any
• api: Discourse particle (निपात-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), here concessive/indefinite with kena

• bhavet: might be / could happen
• bhavet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू, धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• āvābhyām: by us two
• āvābhyām: Karta in passive sense (कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Dual (द्विवचन)

• mānitam: honoured, approved
• mānitam: Karma/Viṣaya (कर्म/विषय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mān (मान्, धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• tat: that
• tat: Viṣaya (विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय)

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय)

• kriyate: is done
• kriyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Parvati

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It emphasizes that truly dharmic action, when aligned with Shiva’s will, gains unshakable divine sanction—steadfastness (niścaya) in what is rightly done becomes a spiritual discipline leading the devotee toward Shiva’s grace.

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

Saguna Shiva is the Lord who guides, approves, and protects the devotee’s righteous vow; in Linga-worship, this translates into keeping one’s vrata and pūjā method steady once consecrated, treating Shiva’s acceptance as final and not subject to worldly alteration.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Maintain firmness in a Shiva-vrata once undertaken—regular japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with a steady daily pūjā routine, without wavering or changing it out of doubt or external pressure.